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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 Rajiformes (skates and rays) including: Alaska skate, Aleutian skate, Bering skate, and Mud skate. 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). |