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[[-97.7995390071189,24.3335949350591],[-80.3847108014617,31.077789253672]] |
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NOAA Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office |
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["Data","Service","Map Service","ArcGIS Server"] |
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Essential Fish Habitats (EFH) are defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Act as “...those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity.” The rules promulgated by the NMFS in 1997 and 2002 further clarify EFH with the following definitions: waters - aquatic areas and their associated physical, chemical, and biological properties that are used by fish and may include aquatic areas historically used by fish where appropriate; substrate - sediment, hard bottom, structures underlying the waters, and associated biological communities; necessary - the habitat required to support a sustainable fishery and the managed species’ contribution to a healthy ecosystem; and spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity - stages representing a species’ full life cycle. The area defined includes Gulf of Mexico waters and substrates extending from the US/Mexico border to the boundary between the areas covered by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council from estuarine waters out to depths of 100 fathoms. |
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Essential Fish Habitats - Gulf of Mexico |
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Map Service |
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["essential fish habitat","biota","mackerel","cobia","snapper","grouper","tilefish","spiny lobster","coral","red drum","shrimp","migratory pelagics","reef fish"] |
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EssentialFishHabitats |
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