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T1 Economic Impact of the Effects of Pollution on the Coastal Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regions of the United States of America: FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.172
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
K1 pollution
K1 fishery
K1 marine pollution
K1 underwater exploration
K1 Mexico
K1 United States
K1 Atlantic Ocean
K1 oil and gas industry
K1 petroleum exploration
K1 fish
K1 mollusc fishery
K1 shellfish culture
K1  Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
K1 Health
K1 Pollution
SN 92-5-100380-7
YR 1977
FD 1977-08
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28852
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28852
NO This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of impact were considered: production of oil and gas; direct fish mortalities caused by effluent; habitat deterioration; and closure of molluscan fisheries for health reasons. An attempt is made to obtain quantitative (dollar) estimates of the impacts, both negative and positive. The main quantifiable effects are of habitat destruction on species requiring estuaries and similar areas as nurseries (particularly in the Gulf and Middle Atlantic region), and molluscan fisheries (again the Gulf region is particularly affected).
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026