1 MR. VILD: Oh, okay. You could get rid of those. Oh, yes, 



2 absolutely. 



3 DR. GRASSLE: The statement "K" stands. 



4 DR. COOPER: That needs to be modified a little bit. That first 



5 sentence is not correct--"These would be minimized in the canyons by the 

 5 500-meter setback." 



7 At the spring and early summer, when these lobsters are moving out 



8 of the canyons and inshore, any kind of a rig with a total of 2 miles of 



9 anchors set out is going to restrict setting the long line that can be 



10 more than 2 miles in length, with 80 to 100 traps per trawl line. 



11 DR. KRAEUTER: I tried to work on this a little bit. "The canyons 



12 represent a large fraction of the fishing grounds for some species. The 



13 500-meter setback would minimize a portion of this space conflict. 



14 Anchor lines could occupy a large fraction of the preferred fishing area 



15 near a given canyon. Some accommodation could be made by industry-to- 



16 industry coordination." 



17 DR. VALENTINE: What about qualifying the anchor lines as being 



18 only during exploratory drill ing-- 



19 DR. KRAEUTER: That is a good point. 



20 DR. VALENTINE: It could be a temporary facility. 



21 DR. GRASSLE: That sounds good to me. 



22 MR. VILD: Now, wait a minute. During production the platforms 



23 are anchored also. 



24 DR. KRAEUTER: Not by those anchor long lines, though. 



25 MR. VILD: If you have a guide tower, I understand that the anchor 



26 lines are even longer--or maybe they are just deeper into the sediment. 



27 DR. COOPER: We were told yesterday--I asked the same question and 



28 we were told that production operation would probably be done by a large 



29 fixed-legged platforms, hard in contact with the bottom. They do not 



30 require these 8 or 10 or 12 anchors out at these 1-mile distances. 



31 DR. KRAEUTER: We could weasel it. 



32 MR. VILD: They have something that can anchor like that in 200 



33 meters of water? 



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