Alaska Sea Grant's Role in Energy-Fisheries
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Alaska Sea Grant was asked by members of the energy and fisheries industries, as well as by coastal community leaders, to facilitate a forum through which interested groups can discuss possible future energy development in the North Aleutian Basin. Key to these discussions is the goal of identifying potential environmental, economic, social, and other impacts—and research needed to address these impacts—to fisheries and fisheries-dependent coastal communities that may result from energy development. In keeping with our national mandate, Alaska Sea Grant does not take a position on whether to develop the energy resources of the North Aleutian Basin. As is the case in all our activities, Alaska Sea Grant's policy is to remain impartial while seeking to deliver unbiased information and knowledge to Alaska residents, stakeholders, and policy makers. In this initiative, Alaska Sea Grant seeks to create a forum for interaction and communication about the potential impacts of possible future energy development. Our overall objective is to identify the possible impacts and research needs of the region, several years ahead of lease sales as currently proposed by the federal Minerals Management Service. |
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