- Author
- U.S. Department of the Interior | Minerals Management Service
- Title
- Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 20th Annual. Proceedings. December 5, 2000.
- Report
- MMS 2001-082,
- Book or Conf
- Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 20th Annual. Proceedings. December 5, 2000, New Orleans, LA, McKay, M.; Nides, J.; Vigil, D., Editors, 479 p., 2000
- Keywords
- information dissemination | ecology | environmental effects | air quality | oil spills | decision making | environmental biology
- Identifiers
- Mississippi-Alabama marine ecosystem; gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico; depwater session; archaeology; Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope habitats and benthic ecology study; improvements in modeling of oil spills; beyond oil and gas: the human experience - social sceince in the Gulf of Mexico region; stability and change in Gulf of Mexico chemosynthetic communities: "CHEMO II"; new initiatives in modeling of oil spills; socioeconomic modeling; environmental sciences; MMS sponsored oil spill research
- Abstract
- The primary purposes of the ITM are (1) to provide a forum for interchange on topics of current interest relative to environmental assessments in support of offshore oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region; (2) to present the accomplishments of the MMS Environmental Studies Program for the Gulf of Mexico and of other research programs or study projects; and (3) to foster an exchange of information of regional interest among scientists, staff members, and decisionmakers from MMS, other Federal or State governmental agencies, regionally important industries, and academia and to encourage opportunities for these attendees to meet and nurture professional acquaintances and peer contacts. The ITM agenda is planned and coordinated by the MMS staff of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office around the three themes mentioned above - issues of current interest to the Region or MMS oil and gas program; accomplishments of the agency; and regional information exchange. Presentations are by invitation through personal contacts between session chairpersons and speakers who have demonstrated knowledge or expertise on the subject.