Common use of Essential Fish Habitat Clause in Contracts

Essential Fish Habitat. The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Act) requires federal fishery management plans to describe the habitat essential to the fish being managed and describe threats to that habitat from both fishing and non-fishing activities. In addition, in order to protect this Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), federal agencies are required to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on activities that may adversely affect EFH. Essential fish habitat has been designated for the 82 species of Pacific Coast groundfish, 3 species of salmon, and 5 species of coastal pelagic fish and squid that are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The 82 groundfish species include rockfishes, flatfish, sharks, and fish such as lingcod and sablefish. The Pacific Fishery Management Council manages the fisheries for coho, Chinook, and Puget Sound Pink Salmon and has defined EFH for these three species. Salmon EFH includes all those streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and other water bodies currently or historically accessible to salmon in Washington. The EFH needs of all these species, at each life stage, are broad, covering freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments. Salmon EFH extends from the nearshore and tidal submerged environments within state territorial waters out to the full extent of the exclusive economic zone (200 miles or 370.4km) offshore of Washington. The fishery management plan for Pacific coast Coastal Pelagic Species includes 5 species: northern anchovy, Pacific sardine, Pacific (chub) mackerel, jack mackerel, and market squid. Essential fish habitat for these coastal pelagic species is defined both through geographic boundaries and by sea-surface temperature ranges. The east-west geographic boundary of EFH for each individual finfish and market squid is defined to be all marine and estuarine waters from the shoreline along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington offshore to the limits of the exclusive economic zone (200 miles) and above the thermocline where sea surface temperatures range between 10 C and 26 C.

Essential Fish Habitat. The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Act) requires federal fishery management plans to describe the habitat essential to the fish being managed and describe threats to that habitat from both fishing and non-fishing activities. In addition, in order to protect this Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), federal agencies are required to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on activities that may adversely affect EFH. Essential fish habitat has been designated for the 82 species of Pacific Coast groundfish, 3 species of salmon, and 5 species of coastal pelagic fish and squid that are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The 82 groundfish species include rockfishes, flatfish, sharks, and fish such as lingcod and sablefish. The Pacific Fishery Management Council manages the fisheries for coho, Chinook, and Puget Sound Pink Salmon and has defined EFH for these three species. Salmon EFH includes all those streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and other water bodies currently or historically accessible to salmon in Washington. The EFH needs of all these species, at each life stage, are broad, covering freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments. Salmon EFH extends from the nearshore and tidal submerged environments within state territorial waters out to the full extent of the exclusive economic zone (200 miles or 370.4km) offshore of Washington. The fishery management plan for Pacific coast Coastal Pelagic Species includes 5 species: northern anchovy, Pacific sardine, Pacific (chub) mackerel, jack xxxx mackerel, and market squid. Essential fish habitat for these coastal pelagic species is defined both through geographic boundaries and by sea-surface temperature ranges. The east-west geographic boundary of EFH for each individual finfish and market squid is defined to be all marine and estuarine waters from the shoreline along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington offshore to the limits of the exclusive economic zone (200 miles) and above the thermocline where sea surface temperatures range between 10 C and 26 C.