EFH for the Gulf of Mexico
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Overview The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) is one of eight regional fishery management councils created by the 1976 Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, renamed Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act in 1996, to manage living marine resources within that area. The GMFMC is responsible for the creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal waters off Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. These FMPs are for Shrimp, Red Drum, Reef Fish, Stone Crab, Coral and Coral Reef Resource, and Spiny Lobster fishery resources in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. The EFH descriptions and identifications for Gulf of Mexico FMPs were approved on February 8, 1999 for 26 selected species and coral complexes. This website is designed to inform viewers about these Gulf of Mexico EFH descriptions and identifications. Contact the GMFMC: Tel: 813-228-2815 About the GMFMC
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EFH Descriptions and Identifications |
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Generic Amendment for Addressing EFH for the Fishery Management Plans of the Gulf of Mexico (Includes EFH textual descriptions and identifications) | |||
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Gulfwide Distribution Maps of Managed Fishery Species Used to Represent the Geographical Extent of EFH | |||
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Council Newsletters that Will Often Include Information Related to EFH | |||
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Final EFH EIS (American Oceans Campaign v. Evans Lawsuit) contains future EFH descriptions and identifications | |||
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management policies on Coastal Wetlands Management, Habitat, and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation | |||
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Coastal Ecosystems Program in Gulf of Mexico interactive map displays certain habitats and FMP species | |||
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EFH National Information Home | |||
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Life history information used to describe and identify EFH for species by the Gulf Council is accessible by using the jump bar below. General text and more species specific tabular descriptions of these federally managed species is available upon selecting a species from the Managed Species bar and clicking "Go".
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