It could not even be standing room since a man could stand erect only on the outer shelf.

The ice covered all land areas and extended into the ocean onto the middle and outer continental shelf.

The new policy will not stop development in areas of the outer continental shelf that already are being drilled.

They are found on the east and southern coast, in deep water on the outer continental shelf.

Why is it necessary to tap the outer continental shelf in the first place?

It occurs on the outer continental shelf and in the upper bathyal zone.

Brown Catsharks are deep water sharks that live on the outer continental shelf and the upper slope.

It may also be found over outer shelves, but avoids central ocean basins.

From 1975 to 1980, the field was the largest producing field in the Federal outer continental shelf.

Watt proposed that the entire 1.4 billion-acre outer continental shelf be made available to the oil industry.