Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: all estuaries; the US/Mexico border to the boundary between the areas covered by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) from estuarine waters out to depths of 100 fathoms. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of areas of higher species density, based on the NOAA Atlas (NOAA 1985) and the functional relationships analysis in the EIS (GMFMC 2004).
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment.
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: all estuaries; the US/Mexico border to the boundary between the areas covered by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) from estuarine waters out to depths of 100 fathoms. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of areas of higher species density, based on the NOAA Atlas (NOAA 1985) and the functional relationships analysis in the EIS (GMFMC 2004).
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment.
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Shrimp consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: all estuaries; the US/Mexico border to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from estuarine waters out to depths of 100 fathoms; Grand Isle, Louisiana, to Pensacola Bay, Florida, between depths of 100 and 325 fathoms; Pensacola Bay, Florida, to the boundary between the areas covered by the GMFMC and the SAFMC out to depths of 35 fathoms, with the exception of waters extending from Crystal River, Florida, to Naples, Florida, between depths of 10 and 25 fathoms and in Florida Bay between depths of 5 and 10 fathoms. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of areas of higher species density, based on the NOAA Atlas (NOAA 1985) and the functional relationships analysis in the EIS (GMFMC 2004).
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment.
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Red Drum consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: all estuaries; Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, to the eastern edge of Mobile Bay, Alabama, out to depths of 25 fathoms; Crystal River, Florida, to Naples, Florida, between depths of 5 and 10 fathoms; and Cape Sable, Florida, to the boundary between the areas covered by the GMFMC and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) between depths of 5 and 10 fathoms. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of areas of higher species density, based on the NOAA Atlas (NOAA 1985) and the functional relationships analysis in the EIS (GMFMC 2004).
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment.
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Spiny Lobster consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: from Tarpon Springs, Florida, to Naples, Florida, between depths of 5 and 10 fathoms; and Cape Sable, Florida, to the boundary between the areas covered by the GMFMC and the SAFMC out to depths of 15 fathoms. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of areas of higher species density, based on the NOAA Atlas (NOAA 1985) and the functional relationships analysis in the EIS (GMFMC 2004).
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment.
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Corals consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: the total distribution of coral species and life stages throughout the Gulf of Mexico including: coral reefs in the North and South Tortugas Ecological Reserves, East and West Flower Garden Banks, McGrail Bank, and the southern portion of Pulley Ridge; hard bottom areas scattered along the pinnacles and banks from Texas to Mississippi, at the shelf edge and at the Florida Middle Grounds, the southwest tip of the Florida reef tract, and predominant patchy hard bottom offshore of Florida from approximately Crystal River south to the Florida Keys. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of known distributions of species in the fishery management unit (GMFMC 2004). Location of coral, dated 2014, is based on the 2005 identification and description of EFH for Coral and Coral Reefs.
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Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment. 2014 coral locations for Florida Keys taken from Unified Florida Reef Tract provided by FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute), and for the Texas banks from H. Nash and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Managment Council.