EFH Information for the Mid-Atlantic

EFH for the Mid-Atlantic

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Mid-Atlantic Council Overview

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) 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 MAFMC is responsible for the creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal waters off New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. These FMPs are for: Atlantic bluefish; Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog; Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish; Atlantic flounder, scup and black seabass; spiny dogfish; and tilefish. The EFH descriptions and identifications for the Mid-Atlantic's FMPs were approved on April 28, 1999, for Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog; Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish;, Atlantic flounder, scup and black seabass. EFH descriptions and identifications for Atlantic bluefish were approved on July 29, 1999. Spiny dogfish EFH descriptions and identifications were approved on September 29, 1999 and tilefish EFH descriptions and identifications were approved on May 10, 2001. This website is designed to inform viewers about these Mid-Atlantic EFH descriptions and identifications.

Contact the MAFMC:
Room 2115 Federal Building
300 S. New Street
Dover, DE 19904

Phone: (302) 674-2331
Toll-Free Phone: 877-44-MAFMC (6-2362)
Fax: (302) 674-5399

Example of a rocky-intertidal fish habitat

EFH Descriptions and Identifications

EFH Information

• NMFS Northeast Regional Office Habitat Conservation Division's EFH Website (an excellent resource for EFH descriptions and consultation information in the Mid-Atlantic)

• Fishery Management Plans & Amendments

• Summary of EFH Textual Description and Identifications

• EFH Source Documents: Life History and Habitat Characteristics (information used to describe and identify EFH)

• EFH Textual Descriptions by Species

• EFH Life History Parameters

• Guide to EFH Geographical Descriptions

Other Important EFH Information

EFH National Information Home

EFH Disclaimer

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

Managed Species