1 DR. RAY: One of the benefits of a cooperative thing like that, 



2 also, is that the industry sends out notice to the fishermen saying, 



3 "Hey, 2 weeks from today, we are planning to go out and pull anchors." 



4 They will be notified, you know, so that if you've got some of your 



5 traps or something near our anchor chains, it probably wouldn't be a bad 



6 idea to move them. 



7 It's that communications thing again which minimizes claims and 



8 everything else and ill feelings. That's something that can be worked 



9 out. 



10 MS. HUGHES: That has been going on. There have been a couple of 



11 seismic permits, one to Texas A&M University and one not so long ago and 



12 that was worked out. 



13 DR. AURAND: Let's try this: Space-use conflicts in the canyons 



14 themselves are minimized by the 500 meter set-back. They would occur 



15 around the platform and the anchor lines. This could include a large 



16 fraction of preferred fishing area near a given canyon. Some 



17 accommodation could be achieved by industry-to-industry coordination. 



18 Does that capture everything? 



19 DR. COOPER: Jim, do your rigs ever provide cold beer for these 



20 boats? 



21 DR. TEAL: They never put cold beer on the rig. 



22 DR. RAY: Unfortunately, we don't do it for our own workers. 



23 We've got enough trouble with those guys without giving them a few 



24 beers. 



25 DR. COOPER: You would be surprised at how much cooperation that 



26 stimulates. 



27 DR. BUTMAN: Do you ever give lobster back to the rigs, Dick? 



28 DR. COOPER: We've traded buckets full of lobsters for a few cold 



29 six packs of beer many times or maybe a submarine dive or two. There 



30 are a lot of pretty neat ways to cooperate with these guys. 



31 (Laughter) 



32 DR. AURAND: The remaining item on the list is noise. 



33 MS. HUGHES: Mike. 



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