1 still have, if you attract large fish or something else to that 



2 structure, that's a whole different story. 



3 For planktonic organisms the idea is to try to keep the boundary 



4 layer the same across there. 



5 DR. TEAL: If all they move is a centimeter, then there's a hell 



6 of a barrier you've put down there. 



7 DR. VALENTINE: I'd like to thank all the speakers and this is the 



8 end of our early afternoon session. We'll take a short coffee break and 



9 reconvene at around 4:00. 



10 (A brief recess was taken.) 



11 MR. LANE: I'd like to get the final afternoon session started, if 



12 I could. We were scheduled to have presentations by representatives of 



13 the States of Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island. Unfortunately, 



14 Katrina VanDusen can't be here. I understand her child is ill and 



15 probably she won't be able to make the session. 



16 The last session today will deal with the State perspectives on 



17 submarine canyons and the impacts of drilling operations around those 



18 canyons. I'd like to start off with Pat Hughes from the State of 



19 Massachusetts. 

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21 PRESENTATION OF MS. PATRICIA E. HUGHES 



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23 MS. HUGHES: As many of you remember, actually in late 1983 and 



24 through most of 1984, the Minerals Management Service worked on, along 



25 with the National Marine Fishery Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, 



26 worked on the development of a stipulation that prohibited drilling 



27 within 200 meters of the submarine canyons in the North Atlantic CCS 



28 planning area, and further established as a part of the stipulation a 



29 requirement that there would be monitoring of any exploratory drilling 



30 activities that occurred within 4 miles of the submarine canyons. 



31 The canyon topography was defined by people from the National 



32 Marine Fisheries Service based on some biological criteria with the 



33 assistance of the U.S. Geological Survey. 



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