Essential Fish Habitat of the Gulf of Mexico GIS data

Description

Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico waters and/or substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico, which may include estuaries and open water from 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).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This links to a web page to download shapefiles, maps, metadata, and Google Earth layers for 8 Essential Fish Habitat and Habitat of Particular Concern areas, which are designated in the 2005 Generic EFH Fishery Management Plan Amendment https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/habitat_conservation/efh_gom/index.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/23734
21 Online Resource https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/habitat_conservation/efh_gom/index.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sero/dmp/pdf/23734.pdf

Tags

  • coral and coral reef
  • environmental impact statement
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sero
  • fishery-dependent
  • reef fish
  • mississippi
  • noaa
  • stone crab
  • red drum
  • eis
  • fishery management plan
  • gulf of mexico fishery management council
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • texas
  • national marine fisheries service
  • essential fish habitat
  • spiny lobster
  • gulf of mexcio
  • efh
  • florida
  • southeast u.s.
  • coastal migratory pelagic resources
  • louisiana
  • essential fish habitat program
  • alabama
  • shrimp
  • magnuson-stevens fishery conservation and management act
  • southeast regional office
  • habitat
  • non-environmental data

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