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Interim Report of the Committee on Exclusive Economic Zone Information Needs Coastal States and Territories (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Executive Summary
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... The survey of the states and territories identified five principal concerns: management of biological resources, mineral resources, environmental assessment, shoreline management, and regionally focused interest in oil and gas development activities. Requirements for data related to pipelines, cables, ocean energy development, geohazards, cultural and recreational interests, and military uses were of much less general concern, although occasionally of regional importance.
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... The committee concludes that this data system must be complete, ranging from data acquisition through and including distribution to end users in forms and formats suited to their needs. a c, Future reports will examine information needs of other segments of the non-federal user community, including industry and research organizations that have an interest in information about the nation's offshore areas, and continue to explore the common issues of technology needs and data management concerns associated with present and potential uses of the EEZ.
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Key Terms

  • shallow penetration
  • sediment characterization
  • seismic profiles
  • penetration profiling
  • independent research

  • eez activities
  • marine board
  • five principal
  • data gathering
  • future reports

  • applications listed
  • deep seismic
  • penetration seismic
  • potential eez
  • geological survey

  • overall task
  • priority data
  • common issues
  • research determined
  • coordinated program

  • concerns associated
  • geophysical data
  • regionally focused
  • conducting mapping
  • mineral resources

  • committee representing
  • territories identified
  • gas development
  • including associated
  • bottom sediment


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