RR 23
BARNTHOUSE, L.W., KLAUDA, R.J., VAUGHAN, D.S. and R.L. KENDALL
(Eds)
Science, law and Hudson river power plants: A case study in
environmental impact assessment.
1988 347 pp
American Fisheries Society Monograph 4
The retrospective on the Hudson River power plant case evolved from a symposium held at the 1982 annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. John Boreman stimulated the organization of that symposium. Its program represented another important demolition of the barriers between scientists for the Hudson River utilities and for the U.S. federal agencies. These barriers had arisen during several years of adjudicatory hearings over mitigation of power plant impacts on the Hudson River fish fauna.
RR 24
LUDWIG, M. and S. MELLO
Mariculture in Waters of the United States: A regulatory
overview of the developing conflicts and possible solutions.
1988 5 pp
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Washington DC
The United States (U.S.) Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2000, 75 % of the U.S. population of approximately 250 million people will live within 50 miles of a coastline. As this population shift continues, recreational use of the nation's coastal waters will intensify. Presently, workers in the U.S. average ten days of vacation per year, whereas in the Scandinavian Countries workers average fifty-five days of vacation per year. In the future, we can expect that more people will be using aquatic recreational resources for longer periods of time. In 1987, the American fishing industry landed 1.8 million metric tons of edible fish and shellfish to support an increasing per capita consumption of seafood. Americans spent an estimated $28.8 billion to consume 15.4 pounds of edible fishery products per person in 1987. However, landings of the number one and two most valuable catches (salmon and shrimp) showed a decline. Similar declines in catch have been noted for many of the other commercially sought fish and shellfish stocks. The increasing consumer demand for seafood coupled with the diminishing natural resource base create immense opportunities for aquaculture.
