80206 Data Set Published / External 72351 Sustainable Fisheries Division Project On Going 2024 These data sets compile the spatial boundaries for marine salmon Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) located within the U.S. West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, EFH is defined as those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. These data sets provides the consolidated spatial representations of these designated areas. These data sets (geodatabases) were developed to fulfill the federal mandates of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, specifically 50 CFR § 600.815(a)(1)(v)(A), which outlines the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) mapping requirements for Fishery Management Plans (FMPs). This regulation mandates that FMPs must include maps displaying the geographic locations or boundaries of EFH for every managed species and life stage. Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category boundaries Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN Theme Albacore tuna Theme Bigeye tuna Theme Blue shark Theme Common thresher shark Theme Dolphinfish Theme Pacific bluefin tuna Theme Shortfin mako shark Theme Skipjack tuna Theme Striped marlin Theme Swordfish Theme Yellowfin tuna Theme chinook Theme coho Theme essential fish habitat Theme highly migratory species Theme marine salmon Theme puget sound pink Theme salmon Theme west coast region Data Set GIS Files As Needed geodatabase NOAA Fisheries Data Steward 2026 Person Onisko, Stephani stephani.onisko@noaa.gov Distributor 2026 Person Habitat Mapper, Essential Fish nometadatacontact@noaa.gov https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/index.html ESRI File Geodatabase Essential Fish Habitat Mapper Although the data was originally created in a geodatabase to maintain unique metadata for each species, the EFH Administrator reformats it to align with regional data when it is loaded into the EFH Mapper. As a result, current downloads are only available in shapefile format. Please check back at this URL [https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/essential-fish-habitat-groundfish-and-salmon], where the geodatabases will eventually become available. Metadata Contact 2024 Person Onisko, Stephani stephani.onisko@noaa.gov Metadata Contact 2024 Person Chavez, Eric eric.chavez@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2026 Person Chavez, Eric eric.chavez@noaa.gov https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/index.html Essential Fish Habitat Mapper Although the data was originally created in a geodatabase to maintain unique metadata for each species, the EFH Administrator reformats it to align with regional data when it is loaded into the EFH Mapper. As a result, current downloads are only available in shapefile format. Please check back at this URL [https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/essential-fish-habitat-groundfish-and-salmon], where the geodatabases will eventually become available. ESRI File Geodatabase 80209 Data Set 80307 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:80206 Stephani Onisko 2026-07-17T19:11:42 Stephani Onisko 2026-08-28T16:15:48 2026-07-21 West Coast Regional Office WCRO 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 1001 Public No No 2026-07-21 1 Year 2027-07-21