The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is looking to fill the position of New York State Coordinator for the Seagrass Management Program. The coordinator would be based out of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources in East Setauket, New York. … Read More
The Melissa Laser Fish Habitat Conservation Award is bestowed by the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership upon individuals deemed to further the conservation, protection, restoration, and enhancement of habitat for native Atlantic coastal, estuarine-dependent, and diadromous fishes in a unique or extraordinary manner… Read More
The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine dependent, and diadromous fish species. Federal funding available under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP)… Read More
The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) received funding from the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) for ACFHP operations and two habitat restoration projects. Both habitat restoration projects receiving FY14 NFHP funding, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are oyster reef restoration projects.… Read More
The winter issue of the Coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships (FHPs) Newsletter is now available at: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1478605/ef05b5482e/577381587/cf29b12643/ This edition showcases different collaborative fish habitat projects on the east, west and Alaska coasts, including the following: … Read More
Thanks to the hard work and cooperation amongst our Federal, state, conservation organizations, and local partners it has been an exciting and productive year in the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP)! We have made great strides in building our project funding and endorsement programs, strengthening our par… Read More
Mr. William Goldsborough of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation was presented the 2013 Melissa Laser Fish Habitat Conservation Award by the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership for his exemplary work in furthering the conservation, protection, restoration, and enhancement of habitat for native Atlantic coastal, estuarine-d… Read More
In 2012, three Fish Habitat Partnerships -- the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV), the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP), and the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) -- formed an alliance to promote a more cohesive implementation of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, which hel… Read More
The Fall issue of the Coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships (FHPs) Newsletter is now available at: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1478605/5c2ff18795/577381587/4b8c446273/ This edition showcases different collaborative fish habitat projects on the east, west and Alaska coasts, including the following: Restoring N… Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) projects approved to receive USFWS‐NFHP FY2013 funding. The following two project proposals submitted to the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) were approved to receive funding: Expanding Mari… Read More