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1 Appendix O Essential Fish Habitat Maps

2 Alabama Mississippi Harrison County Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Brown Shrimp Offshore Habitat Nursery Area Gulf s National Seashore Adult Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_BROWNSHRIMP_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :48:26 FIGURE 1 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - BROWN SHRIMP

3 Alabama Mississippi Harrison County Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Cobia Offshore Habitat Spawning Area (Spring, Summer) Gulf s National Seashore \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_COBIA_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :50:37 FIGURE 2 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - COBIA

4 Alabama Mississippi Harrison County Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gray Snapper Offshore Habitat Nursery Area (Year-round) Gulf s National Seashore Spawning and Adult Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_GRAYSNAPPER_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :52:39 FIGURE 3 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - GRAY SNAPPER

5 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Gray Triggerfish Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_GRAYTRIGGERFISH_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :53:40 FIGURE 4 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - GRAY TRIGGERFISH

6 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Greater Amberjack Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_GREATERAMBERJACK_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :54:24 FIGURE 5 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - GREATER AMBERJACK

7 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Gulf Sturgeon Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_GULFSTURGEON_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :55:13 FIGURE 6 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - GULF STURGEON

8 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore King Mackerel Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_KINGMACKEREL_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :56:03 FIGURE 7 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - KING MACKEREL

9 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Lane Snapper Offshore Habitat Nursery Area Gulf s National Seashore \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_LANESNAPPER_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :57:22 FIGURE 8 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - LANE SNAPPER

10 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Lesser Amberjack Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_LESSERAMBERJACK_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :58:27 FIGURE 9 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - LESSER AMBERJACK

11 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Little Tunny Tuna Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_LITTLETUNNYTUNA_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :59:32 FIGURE 10 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - LITTLE TUNNY TUNA

12 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Pink Shrimp Offshore Habitat Nursery Area Gulf s National Seashore Spawning Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_PINKSHRIMP_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :00:42 FIGURE 11 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - PINK SHRIMP

13 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Red Drum Offshore Habitat Spawning Area Gulf s National Seashore Adult Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_REDDRUM_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :01:57 FIGURE 12 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - RED DRUM

14 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Red Snapper Offshore Habitat Nursery Area Gulf s National Seashore \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_REDSNAPPER_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :02:59 FIGURE 13 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - RED SNAPPER

15 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Gulf s National Seashore Scamp Offshore Habitat \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_SCAMP_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :03:55 FIGURE 14 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - SCAMP

16 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Spanish Mackerel Offshore Habitat Adult Area (Year-round) Gulf s National Seashore \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_SPANISHMACKEREL_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :04:56 FIGURE 15 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - SPANISH MACKEREL

17 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel Stone Crab Offshore Habitat Nursery Area Gulf s National Seashore Spawning Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_STONECRAB_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :05:23 FIGURE 16 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - STONE CRAB

18 Ship Pass Pass Deep Draft Shipping Channel White Shrimp Offshore Habitat Spawning Area Gulf s National Seashore Adult Area \\GALILEO\PROJ\USACE\MSCIP\MAPFILES\MSCIP_WHITESHRIMP_LETTER.MXD CRIVERS 12/15/ :06:14 FIGURE 17 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY SPECIES - WHITE SHRIMP

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