Jeff Drew actually said...

"If that information will be available to the public, then why are there five different companies seeking permits to explore the same area?"

"Catch rates of some commercially and recreationally important fish species are known to decrease substantially in the wake of seismic air gun blasting for oil and gas."

"Will the public have access to the data collected by these companies on possible oil and gas deposits off of our shores?"

"I do have legislation that would disallow the permitting of the five seismic studies."