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South Atlantic Essential Fish Habitat

The content of this web page was developed in 1998 to assist with the identification of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) in coastal waters of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. These and other products were used by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) to amend their fishery management plans in accordance with the EFH requirements of the re-authorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act. Current information on EFH is available from NMFS' Office of Habitat Conservation, and from SAFMC. Current information on the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction (MARMAP) Program is available at South Carolina MMRI. Current information on NOAA's Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) project is available at http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/estuaries/elmr.html.


ELMR Life History Tables South Atlantic ELMR Relative Abundance Tables424k

Offshore Products

1Ray et al., 1980
2MARMAP

Inshore Products

North Carolina

Salinity
Brown Shrimp Pink Shrimp White Shrimp Cobia Gray Snapper Red Drum Spanish Mackerel


South Carolina

Salinity
Brown Shrimp Pink Shrimp White Shrimp Cobia Gray Snapper Red Drum Spanish Mackerel


Georgia

Salinity
Brown Shrimp Pink Shrimp White Shrimp Cobia Gray Snapper Red Drum Spanish Mackerel


Florida

Salinity
Brown Shrimp Pink Shrimp White Shrimp Cobia Gray Snapper Red Drum Spanish Mackerel

Salinity Color Sample

Salinity Color Sample

Biological Color Sample

Biological Color Sample

References

Salinity
Orlando, S.P., Jr., P.H. Wendt, C.J. Klein, M.E. Pattillo, K.C. Dennis, and G.H. Ward. 1994. Salinity Characteristics of South Atlantic Estuaries. Silver Spring, MD: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment. 117p.

Biology: Estuary
Nelson, D.M., E.A. Irlandi, L.R. Settle, M.E. Monaco, and L. Coston-Clements. 1991. Distribution and Abundance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Southeast Estuaries. ELMR Rep. No. 9. NOAA/NOS Strategic Environmental Assessments Division, Silver Spring, MD. 167p.

Biology: Offshore
Ray, G.C., M.G. McCormick-Ray, J.A. Dobbin, C.N. Ehler, D.J. Basta. 1980. Eastern United States Coastal and Ocean Zones: Data Atlas. Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA.

Shoreline
Research Planning Inc. 1996. Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil, North Carolina Atlas: Volumes 1-3. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division (Seattle, WA), Coastal Services Center (Charleston, SC), and Strategic Environmental Assessments Division (Silver Spring, MD).