20221206 13353900 1.0 TRUE Flatfishes Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) are those areas that have been identified and described by species and lifestage. The areas displayed represent EFH designations for Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) including: Alaska plaice, Arrowtooth Flounder, Dover sole, Flathead sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, Northern rock sole, Rex sole, Southern rock sole, and Yellowfin sole. Fish require healthy surroundings to survive and reproduce. Essential fish habitat includes all types of aquatic habitat - wetlands, coral reefs, sea-grasses, rivers - where fish spawn, breed, feed, or grow to maturity. EFH Mapper Data is a combination of three existing data layers: Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) and EFH Areas Protected from Fishing (EFHA). NOAA Fisheries / Office of Habitat Conservation / Habitat Protection Division