Ecosystem-Based Management
SAFMC Action Plan for Ecosystem-Based Management - Evolution of the Habitat Plan to a Fishery Ecosystem Plan
Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management - A report to Congress by the Ecosystems Principles Advisory Panel
Strategic Guidance for Implementing a Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management
A report prepared for MAFAC by the Ecosystem Approach Task Force
The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries - FAO Fisheries Technical Paper
Managing Our Nation's Fisheries - Conference proceedings Washington, D.C., Nov 13-15, 2003
Conservation in a Fish-Eat-Fish World - by Ken Hinman, National Coalition of Marine Conservation
Essential Fish Habitat
Essential Fish Habitat: New Marine Fish Habitat Conservation Mandate for Federal Agencies - National Marine Fisheries Service, Habitat Conservaiton Division.
An Introduction to the EFH Consultation Process for the South Atlantic Region - by Kim Diana Connolly, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law.
Regional Council Approaches to the Identification and Protection of HAPCs - by Tanya Dobrzynski and Korie Johnson, National Marine Fisheries Service.
A review of fishing gear in the Southeast Region and their potential impacts on EFH - NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-449.
Food Web
A Preliminary Ecopath Model of the Atlantic Continental Shelf adjacent to the Southeastern United States - by Thomas A. Okey and Roger Pugliese
An Ecosystem Model of the West Florida Shelf for use in Fisheries Management and Ecological Research: Volume II. Model Construction. - edited by Thomas A. Okey and Behzad Mahmoudi
Incorporating the Ecopath Modeling Approach into United States Fisheries Management - by Roger Pugliese, Thomas A. Okey, and Myra Brouwer
Fishery Removals
Summary of Southeast Region Current Bycatch Priorities and Implementation Plan Action Items - The NMFS Southeast Regional Office's bycatch priorities and implementation plan action items for 2005 - 2006
Southeast Region Current Bycatch Priorities and Implementation Plan FY04-05
Evaluating Bycatch: A National Approach to Standardized Bycatch Monitoring Programs
Update on Implementation of the Southeast Region Bycatch Implementation Plan
Ecosystem Health
2005 EPA Report -- Status of US Coastal and Estuarine Waters -- Chapter 4, Southeast Coastal Condition - This report provides an extensive overview of the condition of Southeastern estuaries.
The prevalence of abnormal fish: proposed indicator of environmental quality - Study in St. Lucie system, Florida by J. A. Browder et al., 2005
Soft-Bottom Benthic Assemblages and Levels of Contaminants in Sediments and Biota at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Nearby Shelf Waters off the Coast of Georgia (2000 and 2001) -- C. Cooksey et al., 2004. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NOS NCCOS 6.
Research and Monitoring Documents
The Role of the Charleston Bump In the Life History of Southeastern U.S. Marine Fishes - by G.R. Sedberry, J.K. Loefer, J.C. McGovern, O. Pashuk and D.J. Schmidt.
Literature and Data Inventory Related to the Hatteras Middle Slope "The Point" Area off North Carolina - by S.W. Ross, E.A. Aschenbach III, and J. Ott.
A Summary of Monitoring and Tagging Work by MARMAP at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary during 2002 - by J.C. McGovern,G.R. Sedberry, H.S. Meister, and D.M. Wyanski.
Benthic Habitats of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary - by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Team.
Data report on the Status of Some Southeast U.S. Reef Fish 1983-2004 - SCDNR, MARMAP Report, December 2004.
Managed Species
History of Management for the FMP for Coastal Migratory Pelagics in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
History of Management for the FMP for Golden Crab in the South Atlantic Region
History of Management for the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
History of Management for the FMP for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
History of Management for the FMP for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic
History of Management for the FMP for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
History of Management for the FMP for Coral, Coral Reefs and Live/Hard Bottom Habitat
Deepwater Corals
A National Coral Reef Action Strategy - Report to Congress by NOAA
Oculina HAPC and Experimental Closed Area Boundaries
2007 Oculina Evaluation Team Report -- submitted to the Council February 2007
Oculina Experimental Closed Area Evaluation Plan
Oculina Banks: Habitat, Fish Populations, Restoration, and Enforcement - C. Koenig. Submitted to the Council in 2001
Deep-water sink holes and bioherms of South Florida and the Pourtales Terrace – Habitat and Fauna -- Reed et. al. ? 2005 Bulletin of Marine Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami.
Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Reed et al. ? 2006 Bulletin of Marine Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami.
Review of distribution, habitats, and associated fauna of deep water coral reefs on the southeastern United States Continental Slope (North Carolina to Cape Canaveral, FL) -- S. Ross, 2006. Report submitted to the Council.
Protected Species
Factsheet on Bottlenose Dolphin
Marine Mammals and Fisheries - SAFMC pamphlet
Priority Marine Birds in the Southeast Atlantic Region - Draft plan
Characterization of ship traffic in Right whale critical habitat 2005. Ward-Geiger et al.
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