Georges Bank: Past, Present, and Future of a Marine Environment

Georges Bank, off the coast of New England, has for years been known as one of the most productive of the world's fisheries. Now, recent exploratory surveys indicate it may hold still other resources-oil and natural gas-in sufficient abundance to justify their development. Suddenly, decisions must be made about whether it is possible to manage two

Guy C. McLeod is director of research at the Harold E. Edgerton Laboratory of the New England Aquarium in Boston, where John H. Prescott is executive director.