Habitat Conservation and Restoration Policy Directives

03-101 Habitat Conservation Policy (PDF, 9 pages)

03-201 Essential Fish Habitat (PDF, 2 pages)

• 03-201-01 Assessment of Impacts of Fishery Management Actions on Essential Fish Habitat (PDF, 3 pages)
• 03-201-05 Guidance for Combining  MSFCMA EFH Consultations with ESA Section 7 Consultations (PDF, 10 pages)
• 03-201-11 Guide to EFH Consultations (PDF, 23 pages)
• 03-201-15 Guidance to Refine Description and Identification of EFH (PDF, 6 pages)
• 03-201-16 Essential Fish Habitat Consultations for Army Corps of Engineers Channel Maintenance Dredging (PDF, 4 pages)
• 03-201-17 Procedure for Addressing Climate Change in NMFS Essential Fish Habitat Consultations (PDF, 20 pages)

03-301 Policy on Mitigating of Impacts to Trust Resources (PDF, 2 pages)

• 03-301-01 NMFS Procedure on Mitigating of Impacts to Trust Resources (PDF, 44 pages)

03-401 Anadromous Fish Policy (PDF, 2 pages)

• 03-401-11 NMFS National Gravel Extraction Guidance (PDF, 26 pages)