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Considerations by NOAA Fisheries on Habitat Areas of Particular Concern. [email protected], North Carolina [email protected], South Carolina Habitat Conservation Division NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort, NC 28516. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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[email protected] Beaufort, North [email protected] Charleston, South Carolina
Habitat Conservation DivisionNOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office
101 Pivers Island RoadBeaufort, NC 28516
Considerations by NOAA Fisheries on Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
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What is Essential Fish Habitat?
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH): Those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity
Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC): Subsets of EFH that are rare, particularly susceptible to human-induced degradation, especially ecologically important, or located in an environmentally stressed area
--Specific locations (e.g., Ten Fathom Ledge)
--Specific habitats that occur at many locations (e.g., SAV)
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EssentialFish
Habitat
Presence
Concentration
Growth, Reproduction or Survival
Fishery Recruitment
Geographic AmountGeographic Amount
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Level 1
Level 2
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e.g., Estuarine Waters
e.g., Salt Marsh
e.g., Surf Zone
e.g., Sand Shoals
e.g., Hardbottom
e.g., Sand Bottom
e.g., Estuarine Waters
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HAPCs in NC Ocean Waters
Snapper/Grouper FMP: Medium to high profile offshore hardbottoms where spawning normally occurs; localities of known or likely periodic spawning aggregations; The Point, Ten Fathom Ledge, and Big Rock
Hardbottom, Coral and Coral Reef FMP: The Point, Ten Fathom Ledge, and Big Rock
Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP: Sandy shoals of Capes Lookout, Cape Fear, and Cape Hatteras from shore to the ends of the respective shoals, but shoreward of the Gulf stream; The Point, Ten Fathom Ledge, and Big Rock
Highly Migratory Fish FMP: Nursery and pupping grounds in shallow areas near the Outer Banks and in areas of Pamlico Sound and adjacent to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands and offshore of those islands
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Hardbottom – medium to high offshore (spawning); nearshore
The Point, Ten Fathom Ledge, and Big Rock
Sandy shoals of Capes Lookout, Cape Fear, and Cape Hatteras
Shallow areas near the Outer Banks and in areas of Pamlico Sound and adjacent to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands and offshore of those islands
HAPCs in NC Ocean Waters
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HAPC
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Do HAPCs preclude wind energy projects?
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Questions?