September 9, 2019 The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) fall Steering Committee meeting will be held October 28 – 29 at Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle, New Hampshire during the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Annual Meeting. The ACFHP meeting will be open to the public, and the agenda w… Read More
August 5, 2019 The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP or Partnership) is excited to welcome two new members to the Partnership – The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). Pew is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to improve public policy, inform … Read More
July 17, 2019 The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) is requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine-dependent, and diadromous fish species along the Atlantic Coast. Federal funding available under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan will be use… 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 man… Read More
January 10, 2019 ACFHP has recently endorsed a project in northeast Florida to restore coastal wetlands to their natural function. Through a partnership among state (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC], St. Johns Regional Watershed Management District [SJRWMD], Florida State Parks), federal (US Fish … Read More
December 19, 2018 The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) is pleased to announce the launch of its newly revised website, www.atlanticfishhabitat.org. Bold and visually-appealing, the new site seeks to be a resource to partners,as well as those who are working on fish habitat conservation or simply want to… Read More
November 2, 2018 New York, New York – The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) proudly presented Eric Anderson of Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management its 2018 Melissa Laser Habitat Conservation Award at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission… Read More
October 5, 2018 ACFHP is excited to announce that the following three projects will be receiving National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding for the 2018 fiscal year, based on our recommendations to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Seagrass Conservation Moorings in Coecles Harbor, Shelter Island, New York … Read More
ACFHP Announces FY2019 Funding Available for Habitat Conservation Projects August 7, 2018 The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) is requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine-dependent, and diadromous fish species along the Atlantic Coast. … Read More
The spring issue of the Coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships Newsletter is now available here: http://bit.ly/2FPi1Lh. This edition highlights the Western Native Trout Initiative’s third poster in their ‘Get to Know Your Native’ series, the California Fish Passage Forum’s plan to co-host a workshop on fish passage ba… Read More