EFH for the South Atlantic
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Overview South Atlantic Council Overview The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) 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 SAFMC is responsible for the creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal waters off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and east Florida to Key West. These FMPs are for: snapper/grouper; Atlantic coast red drum; Atlantic shrimp fishery; Atlantic coral, coral reefs, and live/hard bottom habitats; and Atlantic golden crab. The EFH descriptions and identifications for these FMPs were approved on June 3, 1999. This website is designed to inform viewers about these Pacific EFH descriptions and identifications. Contact the SAFMC: Phone: (843) 571-4366 About
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| Spanish hogfish in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | |||||
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| EFH Descriptions and Identifications |
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| • Final Essential Fish Habitat Plan (technical information use to describe and identify EFH, contains some habitat maps) | |||||
| • Information on South Atlantic Fishery Management Council EFH descriptions and identifications and habitat protection measures | |||||
| • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Comprehensive Habitat and Fishery Ecosystem Plan | |||||
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| • Hard-Bottom Habitats on the Continental Shelf off South Carolina to Central East Coast of Florida | |||||
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Life history information used to describe and identify EFH for species by the South Atlantic 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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