Habitat conservation activities in the Southeast Region are principally achieved through the efforts of Habitat Conservation Division personnel stationed at offices located strategically throughout the Region. The Division is organized to correspond to the areas under management by the three regional fishery management councils in the southeast United States - Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean.
By decentralizing and collocating staff with research, academic, and natural resource management partners, the Division directly interacts with constituents allowing us to implement the NOAA Fisheries habitat protection program in the southeastern United States effectively and efficiently.
Who Should You Contact?
It is usually best to call the office in your state if you have a question about a specific project or area in the Southeast Region.
If you have a question about a letter from us regarding a project or activity, the closing paragraph of the letter should include contact information for the Habitat Conservation Division staff person below most familiar with that project or activity.
Gulf of Mexico
Branch Supervisor: Rusty Swafford
Texas: 409-766-3699
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
4700 Avenue U, Bldg. 307
Galveston, Texas 77551-5997
Louisiana, Alabama & Mississippi: 225-380-0162
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
5757 Corporate Blvd. Suite 375
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Florida - Gulf coast: 727-824-5311
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5005
Atlantic & Caribbean
Branch Supervisor: Pace Wilber
North Carolina: 252-838-0828
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516-9722
South Carolina & Georgia: 843-460-9922
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
331 Ft. Johnson Road
Charleston, South Carolina 29412
Florida - Atlantic coast: 561-440-1333
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
400 N. Congress Avenue, Suite #270
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Puerto Rico: 787-729-6829
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
c/o Jacksonville District Corps of Engineers, Antilles Office
Fundacion Angel Ramos, Annex Building
383 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 202
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918
U.S. Virgin Islands: 305-213-3089
National Marine Fisheries Service
Coral Reef Conservation Program
Almeric Christian Federal Building, Room 314
3013 Estate Golden Rock - Box 4
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820-4226
Habitat Conservation Division
Virginia Fay, Assistant Regional Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5505
727-824-5317
