Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Essential Fish Habitat
NMFS is amending the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan based on a review of Atlantic HMS Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). The draft document examines alternatives for updating HMS EFH, considers habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC), and analyzes fishing impacts on EFH. You can dowmload the entire document by clicking the title below or you can dowload individual chapters of the document.
Listserv Notice
Federal Register Notice
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Summary of Alternatives
Chapter 3: Description of the Affected Environment
Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences of Alternatives
Chapter 5: Life History and EFH Descriptions and Maps
Chapter 6: Analysis of Fishing and Non-fishing Impacts
Chapter 7: Research and Information Needs
Chapter 8: List of Preparers
Chapter 9: Appendix 1 - Scoping Comments
The maps contained in the version of Chapter 5 listed above contain the EFH Preferred Alternative 95% Probability Boundaries for specific HMS life stages and reflect what was used for the print version of this document. More detailed maps, which include multiple probability boundaries and data points, are availble online at:
http://sharpfin.nmfs.noaa.gov/website/EFH_mapper/HMS/map.aspx
You can also dowload individual pdf versions by clicking on individual species and lifestages below. Once you open the pdf version you can click the layers tab and turn on or off layers to customize the map to the information that you are interested in viewing.
Figure 5.1 ..... Atlantic Albacore Tuna Juvenile
Figure 5.2 ..... Atlantic Albacore Tuna Adult.
Figure 5.3 ..... Atlantic Bigeye Tuna: Juvenile.
Figure 5.4 ..... Atlantic Bigeye Tuna: Adult.
Figure 5.5 ..... Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.6 ..... Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: Juveniles.
Figure 5.7 ...... Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: Adults.
Figure 5.8 ..... Atlantic Skipjack Tuna: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.9 ..... Atlantic Skipjack Tuna: Juvenile.
Figure 5.10 ... Atlantic Skipjack Tuna: Adult.
Figure 5.11 ... Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.12 ... Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna: Juvenile.
Figure 5.13 ... Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna: Adult.
Figure 5.14 ... Atlantic Swordfish: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.15 ... Atlantic Swordfish: Juvenile.
Figure 5.16 ... Atlantic Swordfish: Adult.
Figure 5.17 ... Blue Marlin: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.18 ... Blue Marlin: Juvenile.
Figure 5.19 ... Blue Marlin: Adult.
Figure 5.20 ... White Marlin: Juvenile.
Figure 5.21 ... White Marlin: Adult.
Figure 5.22 ... Sailfish: Spawning, Eggs, and Larvae.
Figure 5.23 ... Sailfish: Juvenile.
Figure 5.24 ... Sailfish: Adult.
Figure 5.25 ... Longbill Spearfish: Juvenile.
Figure 5.26 ... Longbill Spearfish: Adult.
Figure 5.27 ... Basking Shark: Juvenile and Adult Combined.
Figure 5.28 ... Great Hammerhead: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.29 ... Scalloped Hammerhead: Neonate.
Figure 5.30 ... Scalloped Hammerhead: Juvenile.
Figure 5.31 ... Scalloped Hammerhead Adult.
Figure 5.32 ... Smooth Hammerhead: Neonate.
Figure 5.33 ... Smooth Hammerhead: Juvenile.
Figure 5.34 ... White Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.35 ... Nurse Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.36 ... Nurse Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.37 ... Bignose Shark: Juvenile and Adult Combined.
Figure 5.38 ... Blacktip Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.39 ... Blacktip Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.40 ... Blacktip Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.41 ... Bull Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.42 ... Bull Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.43 ... Bull Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.44 ... Caribbean Reef Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.45 ... Dusky Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.46 ... Dusky Shark: Juvenile and Adult Combined.
Figure 5.47 ... Lemon Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.48 ... Lemon Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.49 ... Lemon Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.50 ... Night Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.51 ... Sandbar Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.52 ... Sandbar Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.53 ... Sandbar Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.54 ... Sandbar Shark Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
Figure 5.55 ... Silky Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.56 ... Spinner Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.57 ... Spinner Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.58 ... Spinner Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.59 ... Tiger Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.60 ... Tiger Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.61 ... Tiger Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.62 ... Sand Tiger Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.63 ... Sand Tiger Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.64 ... Sand Tiger Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.65 ... Whale Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.66 ... Angel Shark: Juvenile and Adult Combined.
Figure 5.67 ... Bonnethead Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.68 ... Bonnethead Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.69 ... Bonnethead Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.70 ... Altantic Sharpnose: Neonate.
Figure 5.71 ... Atlantic Sharpnose: Juvenile.
Figure 5.72 ... Atlantic Sharpnose Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.73 ... Blacknose Shark: Neonoate.
Figure 5.74 ... Blacknose Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.75 ... Blacknose Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.76 ... Finetooth Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.77 ... Finetooth Shark: Juvenile and Adult Combined.
Figure 5.78 ... Smalltail Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.79 ... Bigeye Sixgill Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.80 ... Sevengill Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.81 ... Sixgill Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.82 ... Longfin Mako Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.83 ... Porbeagle Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.84 ... Porbeagle Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.85 ... Porbeagle Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.86 ... Shortfin Mako Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.87 ... Blue Shark: Neonate.
Figure 5.88 ... Blue Shark: Juvenile.
Figure 5.89 ... Blue Shark: Adult.
Figure 5.90 ... Oceanic Whitetip Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.91 ... Bigeye Thresher Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
Figure 5.92...Thresher Shark: All Life Stages Combined.
For questions regarding Draft Amendment 1 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Essential Fish Habitat, please contact:
Chris Rilling
1315 East West Highway
National Marine Fisheries Service
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2347
Fax: (301) 713-1917
