EFH Update Caribbean Fishery Management Council 145 th March 26-27 2013 St. Croix USVI.

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EFH Update Caribbean Fishery Management Council 145 th March St. Croix USVI

Definitions EFH (essential fish habitat) means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity (Magnuson-Steven Fishery Conservation and Management Act).

Marine Benthic Habitat Maps

m m m CRCP 2009 CRCP 2008 CRCP 2012

Marine Benthic Habitat Maps

St. Thomas Great St. James Island marine habitat blueprint

This is now!

CFMC EFH ONLINE

Bathymetry Shallow water reefs - southwestern Puerto Rico Deeper insular shelf and upper insular slope reefs of Puerto Rico and USVI 0-30 m: 4,325 km2 (57%) m: 1,738 km2 (43%) Silk snapper m; queen snapper -512 m