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Stymied for nearly two years in their attempts to prospect for the huge quantities of oil and gas believed to lie under the Atlantic, U.S. oil companies suffered yet another setback last week. A federal court in Boston stopped the sale of oil leases on Georges Bank, a rich fishing...
Last week's cancellation was merely the latest obstacle to offshore oil exploration. In a sale held 18 months ago, 39 oil companies paid $1.13 billion to lease drilling tracts in the Baltimore Canyon, an area east of Atlantic City, N.J., that may contain up to 1.4 billion bbl. of...
There is no reason why oilfields and fisheries cannot coexist. Long and extensive oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has not harmed fishing; indeed, oil workers there often catch sizable fish from the drilling platforms. Nor have oil spills at sea hurt fishing. The fishing recovered quickly from the...
These fragile systems are under constant threat. And the situation could further deteriorate as searchers probe the ocean for oil. The fields that may soon be opened in the fertile fishing grounds of Georges Bank, writes Mrs. Simon, will have a 20-year life, during which there is a 91...
Every evening Majuro's Americans gather at the yacht club. It is a reunion of sorts, since many breakfasted together at the Kozy Korner diner. The yacht club is a converted garage decorated with reef charts and Japanese fishing floats. From either side of the club one can hit...