Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Essential Fish Habitat
GIS shapefiles of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) boundaries for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species are available for download by clicking the associated button below. Species that have EFH boundaries for multiple lifestages (i.e., anything besides "all lifestages combined") also contain layer files for each lifestage polygon. The symbology used in the layer files (e.g., colors) are random, and you will need to update the location of the shapefiles that you download for the layer files to reference the appropriate data.
Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Billfish |
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Species |
Lifestages |
zip File |
| Albacore tuna | Juvenile, Adult | |
| Bigeye tuna | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Bluefin tuna | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult, HAPC | |
| Skipjack tuna | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Yellowfin tuna | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Swordfish | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Blue marlin | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| White marlin | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Sailfish | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Longbill spearfish | Juvenile and Adult combined | |
| Roundscale spearfish | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult | |
Atlantic Sharks |
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Species |
Lifestages |
zip File |
| Basking | Juvenile and Adult combined | |
| Great hammerhead | All lifestages combined | |
| Scalloped hammerhead | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| White | All lifestages combined | |
| Nurse | Juvenile, Adult | |
| Bignose | Juvenile and Adult combined | |
| Blacktip | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Bull | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Caribbean reef | All lifestages combined | |
| Dusky | Neonate, Juv and Adult combined | |
| Lemon | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Night | All lifestages combined | |
| Sandbar | Spawning, Juvenile, Adult, HAPC | |
| Silky | All lifestages combined | |
| Spinner | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Tiger | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Sand tiger | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Whale shark | All lifestages combined | |
| Angel shark | Juvenile and Adult combined | |
| Bonnethead | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Atlantic sharpnose | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Blacknose | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Finetooth | Neonate, Juv and Adult combined | |
| Longfin mako | All lifestages combined | |
| Porbeagle | All lifestages combined | |
| Shortfin mako | All lifestages combined | |
| Blue shark | Neonate, Juvenile, Adult | |
| Oceanic whitetip | All lifestages combined | |
| Bigeye thresher | All lifestages combined | |
| Common thresher | All lifestages combined | |
| Smooth Dogfish | All lifestages combined | |
For questions regarding Amendment 1 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Essential Fish Habitat, please contact:
Peter Cooper
1315 East West Highway
National Marine Fisheries Service
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2347
Fax: (301) 713-1917
