The Division:

• Conserves and restores coastal estuarine and riverine habitats.

• Conducts field work and extensive interagency coordination to ensure that measures to mitigate damage, prevent adverse impact, and enhance fishery resources are scientifically sound. Typical project situations include U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ section 10 and 404 permits; Environmental Protection Agency effluent permits; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission projects; and Coastal America projects.

• Provides formal mitigation recommendations for input through the National Environmental Policy Act.

• Consults with Federal and State agencies to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse impacts to essential fish habitats.

05/08/13

Pacific Coast Groundifsh 5-Year EFH Review

Regional Hot Topics

PFMC Announces Request for Proposals to Modify Pacific Coast Groundfish EFH

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has announced a Request For Proposals to modify Pacific Coast Groundfish essential fish habitat (EFH). Proposals must be received by the Council no later than July 31, 2013. This Request for Proposals and several documents to be used to support proposals to modify Pacific Coast Groundfish EFH are posted at:

http://www.pcouncil.org/2013/05/25450/rfp-gf-efh-may2013/

Draft California Eelgrass Mitigation Policy available for Public Comment

• Federal Register Notice
• Turbidity Best Management Practices Flowchart
• San Francisco Bay Light Monitoring Protocol
• Decision Key for EFH Consultations and Overwater Structures
• Mitigation Plan Meeting - Corrected Address (06/25/12)

San Francisco Bay Dredge Projects

Essential Fish Habitat

Essential Fish Habitat Training (Power Point Presentation)

Invasive Species Eradication

Preliminary Report (2007) on the Subtidal Habitats and Associated Biological Taxa in San Francisco Bay

Final Report on the Subtidal Habitat Goals of San Francisco Bay

THE USE OF TREATED WOOD PRODUCTS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS: Guidelines to West Coast NOAA Fisheries Staff for Endangered Species Act and Essential Fish Habitat Consultations in the Alaska, Northwest and Southwest Regions (PDF)

• Public comments - marked

• Final Comments and Responses-Treated Wood Guidelines

Klamath Hydroelectric Power Relicensing Project

Useful Links

Our Policies

NOAA's Restoration Center

Damage Assessment and Remediation Restoration Program in the Southwest (PDF)

CALFISH

Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations (PDF)

Creosote-Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations (PDF)