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Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) are those areas that have been identified and described by species and lifestage. The areas displayed represent EFH designations for Octopods (Octopus) within the Aleutian Islands, Eastern Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska. 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). |