Documents & Links

The Documents & Links below provide important background information; including detailed descriptions of the data and methods used to develop the Pacific Coast Groundfish Draft EFH EIS.  The documents below are provided as .pdf files which may be viewed and printed using Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. Links to content on an external website indicate the host agency in parenthesis and will launch a new browser window.

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Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

Marine Managed Areas (Marine Protected Areas)

Habitat Characterization

Marine GIS Methods & Tools

Groundfish EFH

NMFS' Final Rule on Amendment 19 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (71 FR 27408) (May 11, 2006)

Final Rule EFH Conservation Area Maps - Closure Areas (May 25, 2006)

Final Rule EFH Conservation Area Maps - Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs) (March 14, 2006)

Executive Summary of the Final EFH EIS (December 2005)

Download the Final EIS (December 2005) in full or by section  (NOAA - NWRegion)

Amendment 19 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan(November 23, 2005). (PFMC)

PFMC Preferred Alternative (June 2005) including proposed trawl closure area

Information on the Groundfish EFH EIS process (PFMC)

Environmental Analyses related to Groundfish Management Actions  (NOAA)

Description of Fishing Gears Used on the U.S. West Coast (excerpted from Final Groundfish EFH EIS).

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Marine Managed Areas & Reserves

Map of West Coast Marine Managed Areas

General description of the different types of Marine Managed Areas

Fishing Regulations in Marine Managed Areas

Table of Fishing Regulations in Marine Managed Areas

NFCC Consensus Statement: Integrating Marine Reserves and Fisheries Mgmt.

Background Information: Marine Reserves (PFMC)

Recent documents related to Marine Reserves (PFMC)

Additional Background information (peer reviewed literature, videos, etc.) (compass)

Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Planning processes: Pacific Coast (NOAA)

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Habitat Characterization

Essential Fish Habitat Characterization and Mapping of the California Continental Margin

Interim Seafloor Lithology Maps for Oregon and Washington (v1.0)

West Coast Benthic Habitat poster

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Marine & Coastal GIS Links

Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab - Oregon State University (OSU)

Center for Habitat Studies at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (Moss Landing)

CDFG Marine GIS Lab (CDFG)

Oregon Coastal Atlas (OSU)

Seafloor Mapping Lab - CSU Monterey Bay (CSU)

Davey Jones Locker - Seafloor mapping, Marine & Coastal GIS Lab at OSU (OSU)

GIS Training for Marine Resource Management (workshop curriculum) (PSMFC)

ECOGIS - GIS Tools for Ecosystem Approaches to Management (NOAA)

Pacific West Coast Marine Geology Program (Interactive maps & data) (USGS)

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