j fish hunter | d.i.y fish pond Essential Fish Habitat Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) was defined by the U. Ersus. Congress in the 1996 changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Resource efficiency and Management Act, or Magnuson-Stevens Act, as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, nourishing or growth to maturity. "|1| Utilizing regulations clarified that waters include all aquatic areas and their physical, chemical, and biological properties; substrate comes with the associated biological residential areas that make these areas suited to fish habitats, and the description and identification of EFH should include habitats used anytime during the species' life spiral.|2| EFH involves all types of aquatic habitat, including wetlands, coral reefs, mud, seagrasses, and rivers.|3| NOAA Fisheries works with the regional fishery management councils to designate EFH using the best available ...
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