U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 506 FW 4, Appendix 1 
OCS Planning Areas and Regions
WM#: 295 (new)
Date: December 31, 1996
Series: Interagency Activities
Part 506: Intradepartmental Coordination
Originating Office: Division of Habitat Conservation
OCS PLANNING AREAS AND REGIONS
In order to facilitate analysis and management of the program, the OCS is divided into 26 planning areas in 3 Regions:
 
Gulf of Mexico Alaska
North Atlantic 
Mid-Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
Straits of Florida 
Eastern Gulf 
Central Gulf 
Western Gulf 

Pacific Coast 

Northern California 
Central California 
Southern California 
Washington/Oregon 
 

 Beaufort Sea 
Chukchi Sea 
Krista Basin 
Norton Basin 
Navarin Basin 
St. Matthew-Hall 
Aleutian Basin 
Bowers Basin 
St. George Basin 
North Aleutian Basin 
Cook Inlet-Shelikof Strait 
Kodiak 
Gulf of Alaska 
Shumagin 
Aleutian Arc
See Map Figures 1 - 4 in Appendix 2 for depictions of the 26 planning areas.

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