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October 29, 2024
Habitat Guidance and Best Management Practices
January Murray, GA DNR
General
ACFHP's Work
- Aligning the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Efforts with Restoration Practitioners
- The Importance of Benthic Habitats for Coastal Fisheries
Our Partners' Work
- ASMFC's Fish Habitat of Concern Designations for Commission-managed Fish and Shellfish Species
- ASMFC’s Habitat Bottlenecks and Fisheries Management
- ASMFC’s Atlantic Sciaenid Habitats: A review of utilization, threats, and recommendations for conservation, management, and research
- Restore America's Estuaries Coastal Restoration Toolkit
- The Pew Charitable Trusts' General Habitat Issues Annotated Bibliography
- Restore America's Estuaries The Economic Value of America's Estuaries
- The White House Coastal Resilience Interagency Working Group's Compendium of Federal Nature-Based Resources for Coastal Communities, States, Tribes, and Territories
Lisa Havel
Obstruction to Fish Passage and Other Diadromous Issues
ACFHP's Work
River Herring Habitat Restoration NeedsIn 2014, ACFHP and The Nature Conservancy received funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to develop habitat restoration priorities for river herring populations in select watersheds along the Atlantic coast. These watersheds include the Chesapeake Bay; the Gilbert Stuart (Narrow), Connecticut, Hudson, and Delaware rivers; and the Santee-Cooper river system.
Our Partners' Work
- American Rivers Practitioner’s Guide to Hydropower Dam Removal
- American Rivers' Invest in Rivers StoryMap
- ASMFC’s Atlantic Coast Diadromous Fish Habitat: A review of utilization, threats, recommendations for conservation and research needs
- ASMFC’s guidance on upstream fish passage technology for managed species
- NOAA's value of fish passage infographic
Lisa Havel
Vessel Operation, Fishing Gear, and Aquaculture Impacts
ACFHP's Work
Our Partners' Work
- ASMFC's Aquaculture: Effects on Fish Habitat Along the Atlantic Coast
- ASMFC’s Evaluating Fishing Gear Impacts to Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Determining Mitigation Strategies
- MA DMF Conservation Boat Mooring Recommendations in Eelgrass and Other Sensitive Aquatic Habitat
- The Pew Charitable Trusts' Vessel Operation, Fishing Gear, and Aquaculture Impacts Annotated Bibliography
January Murray
Dredging, Sedimentation, and Coastal Maintenance and Development
Our Partners' Work
Evan D’Alessandro
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
ACFHP's Work
Our Partners' Work
Chris Powell
Shellfish Habitat
Our Partners' Work
George Gentry, USFWS
Tidal Vegetation
Our Partners' Work
Evan D’Alessandro
Coral and Live/Hard Bottom
Our Partners' Work
Fact Sheets
- About ACFHP Pamphlet
- About ACFHP Presentation
- ACFHP 10-Year Factsheet
- Maine Factsheet
- New Hampshire Factsheet
- Massachusetts Factsheet
- Rhode Island Factsheet
- Connecticut Factsheet
- New York Factsheet
- New Jersey Factsheet
- Pennsylvania Factsheet
- Delaware Factsheet
- Maryland Factsheet
- Virginia Factsheet
- North Carolina Factsheet
- South Carolina Factsheet
- Georgia Factsheet
- Florida Factsheet
ACFHP in the News
- On the Ground Projects
- Science and Data Projects
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- ASMFC Fisheries Focus, highlighting the Habitat Conservation Area Mapping and Prioritization Project, fall 2020
- ASMFC Fisheries Focus, highlighting the Species-Habitat Matrix, fall 2019
- The Huffington Post’s Mud Matters Article Inspired by the Species-Habitat Matrix, fall 2016
- Awesome Ocean Article on the Species-Habitat Matrix, spring 2016
- Science Magazine Highlighting the Species-Habitat Matrix Publication, spring 2016
- Press of Atlantic City’s Article on the Black Sea Bass RFP, winter 2015
- Outreach and Communications Projects