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Essential Fish Habitat - NOAA Fisheries Protecting and restoring Essential Fish Habitat has helped to maintain productive fisheries and rebuild depleted fish stocks in the United States NOAA Fisheries has used EFH authorities to support the $200 billion U S fishing industry while protecting more than 800 million acres of habitat
What is Essential Fish Habitat? - NOAA What is Essential Fish Habitat? Fish require healthy surroundings to survive and reproduce Essential fish habitat includes all types of aquatic habitat—wetlands, coral reefs, seagrasses, rivers—where fish spawn, breed, feed, or grow to maturity
50 CFR Part 600 Subpart J -- Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) This subpart provides guidelines for Councils and the Secretary to use in adding the required EFH provisions to an FMP, i e , description and identification of EFH, adverse effects on EFH (including minimizing, to the extent practicable, adverse effects from fishing), and actions to conserve and enhance EFH
Essential fish habitat - Wikipedia Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) was defined by the U S Congress in the 1996 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, or Magnuson-Stevens Act, as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity "
Ess ential Fish Habitat - Gulf of Mexico - U. S. Fish and . . . EFH designations appear to be very expansive, encompassing most of the coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone; however, it is important to realize EFH is designated by lifestage for each managed species
Essential Fish Habitat Assessment for Consultations Guidelines for completing an EFH assessment When a federal agency authorizes, funds, or undertakes an action that may adversely affect essential fish habitat (EFH), they must consult with NOAA Fisheries on that action