Shrimp Population Studies. West Hackberry and Big Hill Brine Disposal Sites off Southwest Louisiana and Upper Texas Coasts, 1980-1982. Volume 1.Analysis of Data on Shrimping Success, Shrimp Recruitment and Associated Environmental Variables

摘要

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Program involves the creation of crude oil storage capacity in salt caverns. As a by-product of solution mining techniques used to create this storage capacity, large quantities of brine are discharged into the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the size of the proposed discharges, there is concern that such disposal may adversely impact the shrimp fishery in the region. This report deals with the assessment of potential impacts of the discharge of brine at West Hackberry and Big Hill disposal sites on the brown and white shrimp fisheries in the southwest Louisiana and upper Texas coastal region.