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

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

2 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).

3 Marine Benthic Habitat Maps 1998-2001

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8 0 - 30 m432556.71.9 30 - 50 m 1738 22.8 0.7 50 - 100 m 1562 20.5 0.7 CRCP 2009 CRCP 2008 CRCP 2012

9 Marine Benthic Habitat Maps 1998-2001

10 St. Thomas Great St. James Island marine habitat blueprint

11 This is now!

12 CFMC EFH ONLINE

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17 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%) 30-100 m: 1,738 km2 (43%) Silk snapper 80-330 m; queen snapper -512 m

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