Essential Fish Habitat Mapper v2.0

NOAA has just launched the latest version of the EFH Mapper v2.0 and EFH data inventory. This mapper gives users newly available data on EFH areas protected from fishing. These data represent areas where steps have been taken to minimize the impact that fisheries have on EFH by geographic area of interest. These steps may include anchoring restrictions, required fishing gear modifications, or a ban on certain types of gear, among others.

Version 2.0 also features improved spatial representations of essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs), a pop-up instruction page, a more user-friendly display, and better organization of our data inventory.

Users can query information from multiple fishery management plans at once to view habitat maps and lists of species for a specific location.