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2 Framing of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Pages 13-16

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... The amount of product harvested (referred to as "production" in the DEIS; e.g., 585,277 lbs of oysters and 684 lbs of Manila clams harvested by DBOC in 2010) 3 has the greatest potential variability of these three metrics as a function of environmental conditions, shellfish diseases, harmful algal blooms, predation, and market conditions.
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From page 14...
... The DEIS8 also defines a "direct" impact as one caused by an action that "occurs at the same time and place" and an "indirect" impact as one "caused by an action but is later in time or farther removed in distance, but still reasonably foreseeable." For seven of the resource categories examined in this study (wetlands, eelgrass, wildlife and wildlife habitat, special status species, coastal flood zones, water quality, and soundscapes) , the committee used the spatial scale as they interpreted the definitions of "direct", i.e., the impact is direct when it causes a change in ecosystem state on the same scale as the impact source, and "indirect" if it is expressed on the scale of the Drakes Estero ecosystem.9 Thus, the potential spatial footprints of DBOC operations (onshore facilities, culture racks and bags, and motor boat corridors)
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From page 15...
... In addition to rack and bottom bag cultures, floating bags are also deployed; these are predominantly located in intertidal culture beds. The Seashore and Drakes Estero Acres Point Reyes National Seashore (including the Northern District of the Golden Gate National 94,000 Recreation Area)
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