ML072670413

National Marine Fisheries Service. No Date. Efh for the Mid-Atlantic

ML072670413
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	12/31/2006
From:	US Dept of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
2130-07-20506, TAC MC7624
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The MAFMC is responsible for the EFH Descriptions and Identifications creation of management plans for fishery resources (FMPs) in Federal ' EFH Information waters off New York, New Jersey,

• NMFS Northeast Regional Office Habitat Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Conservation Division's EFH Website (an excellent Virginia, and North Carolina. These resource for EFH descriptions and consultation FMPs are for: Atlantic bluefish; information in the Mid-Atlantic)

Atlantic suifclam and ocean quahog;

• Fishery Management Plans & Amendments Atlantic mackerel, squid and

• Summary of EFH Textual Description and butterfish; Atlantic flounder, scup Identifications and black seabass; spiny dogfish; and

• EFH Source Documents: Life History and Habitat tilefish. The EFH descriptions and Characteristics (information used to describe and identifications for the Mid-Atlantic's identify EFH)

FMPs were approved on April 28, " EFH Textual Descriptions by Species 1999, for Atlantic surfclam and ocean

• EFH Life History Parameters quahog; Atlantic mackerel, squid and

• Guide to EFH Geographical Descriptions butterfish;, Atlantic flounder, scup and black seabass. EFH descriptions Other Important EFH Information and identifications for Atlantic , EFH National Information Home bluefish were approved on July 29, 1999. Spiny dogfish EFH EFH Disclaimer descriptions and identifications were approved on September 29, 1999 and tilefish EFH descriptions and Life history information used to describe and identify EFH identifications were approved on for species by the Mid-Atlantic Council is accessible by May 10, 2001. This website is using the jump bar below. General text and more species designed to inform viewers about specific tabular descriptions of these federally managed these Mid-Atlantic EFH descriptions species is available upon selecting a species from the and identifications. Managed Species bar and clicking "Go".

Contact the MAFMC: Managed Species Room 2115 Federal Building 300 S. New Street select a species 1-F&

Dover, DE 19904 Phone: (302) 674-2331 Toll-Free Phone: 877-44-MAFMC http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/lrofile/midatlanticcouncii.htm 10/6/2006

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Fax: (302) 674-5399 Related Links About the MAFMC Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Species Managed by the MAFMC National Marine Fisheries Service Contact Us I Privacy Notice I Disclaimer JSite Map http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotectionlprofilelmidatianticcouncit.htm 10/6/2006