Environment, Nature & Climate · North America

USA - NOAA Fisheries - Habitat Areas of Particular Concern

Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs): subsets of Essential Fish Habitat that are ecologically important or vulnerable, used to focus conservation, management and research (the designation itself adds no restrictions). Combined from the regional fishery management councils into one dataset…

Source: NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation (via MarineCadastre.gov)

Licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work)

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