EFH Information for the Pacific

EFH for the Pacific Council

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EFH Descriptions and Identifications

Pacific Council Overview

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) 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 PFMC is responsible for the creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal waters off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. These FMPs are for: Pacific coast groundfish, commercial and recreational west coast salmon fisheries, and northern anchovy/coastal pelagics. The EFH descriptions and identifications for the Pacific's FMPs were approved on: September 27, 2000, for west coast salmon fisheries; June 10, 1999, for northern anchovy/coastal pelagics; and March 3, 1999, for Pacific coast groundfish. This website is designed to inform viewers about these Pacific EFH descriptions and identifications.

Contact the PFMC:
Pacific Fishery Management Council
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97220-1384

Phone: (503) 820-2280
Toll Free: 1-866-806-7204
Fax: (503) 820-2299
Email: pfmc.comments@noaa.gov

Black Rockfish - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Photo by Kip Evans - Sanctuary Collection

Black Rockfish in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

EFH Descriptions and Identifications

•Amendment 19 to Pacific Groundfish FMP

•Amendment 14 to Salmon FMP

•Amendment 8 to Coastal Pelagic Species FMP

•Pacific Highly Migratory Fisheries FMP

•Groundfish habitat data

Other Important EFH Information

NMFS Southwest Regional Office EFH Information
(EFH description information related to consultations)

Pacific Fishery Management Council EFH EIS
(Highly Migratory Species, and Groundfish EIS work related to American Oceans Campaign v Evans Lawsuit)

EFH National Information Home

EFH Disclaimer

Life history information used to describe and identify EFH for species by the Pacific 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".

Groundfish Species

Pelagic Species

Salmon Species