ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT (EFH) ASSESSMENT Sample Clauses

ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT (EFH) ASSESSMENT. According to the Xxxxxxxx Act, Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) “means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity" (Department of Commerce, 1996). The EFH Final Rule identifies adverse impacts as “any impact, which reduces quality and/or quantity of EFH. Adverse effects from fishing may include physical, chemical, or biological alterations of the substrate, and loss of, or injury to, benthic organisms, prey species and their habitat, and other components of the ecosystem" (NEFMC, 1998). The Workshop on the Effects of Fishing Gear on Marine Habitats off the Northeastern United States, October 23-25, 2001 had the following findings regarding the impacts of longline on marine habitats: “The panel concluded that longlines cause some low degree impacts in mud, sand and gravel habitats” (Department of Commerce, 2002). Use of longline will have “low degree impacts” to habitats. As stated in the EFH final rule, the intent of EFH “is to regulate fishing gears that reduce an essential habitat's capacity to support marine resources, not practices that produce inconsequential changes in the habitat" (Department of Commerce, 2002). Therefore, each of the alternatives in this EA will have negligible impact on EFH.
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