BOEM awards sensitive habitat contract to CSA

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on the behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, awarded a contract to CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., a marine environmental consulting firm, to review existing survey data to identify and describe potential hard-bottom areas in shallow, federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

While much of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor is comprised of soft sediments, habitats with hard substrate are scattered across the shelf. These hard-bottom habitats...

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