Habitat Strategic Plan

Habitat Hotline Atlantic, quarterly newsletter

Habitat Management Series

• Atlantic Coastal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: A Review of its Ecological Role, Anthropogenic Impacts State Regulation, and Value to Atlantic Coastal Fish Stocks (April 1997)
• Management of Atlantic Coastal Marine Fish Habitat: Proceedings of a Workshop for Habitat Managers (April 1997)
• ASMFC Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Policy (June 1997)
• Guidance for the Development of ASMFC Fishery Management Plan Habitat Sections and Source Documents (July 1998)
• Evaluating Fishing Gear Impacts to Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Determining Mitigation Strategies (July 2000)
• ASMFC Habitat Managers Database (December 2000)
  • Database of Habitat Managers and Environmental Organizations (Microsoft Excel File)
• Beach Nourishment: A Review of the Biological and Physical Impacts (November 2002)
• The Importance of Habitat Created by Molluscan Shellfish to Managed Species
  along the Atlantic Coast of the United States (May 2007)
  

Resolutions

• Discharge of Chlorine in Estuarine Waters (October 1980)
• Need for Increased Surveillance and Enforcement to End Duping in Atlantic and Maine Waters (October 1987)
• Need to End Marine Dumping, By Permit, in All Atlantic Marine Waters (October 1987)
• Prevention of Damage to Aquatic Ecosystems from Oil Spills and Other Hazardous Materials (October 1989)
• Habitat Policy (October 1989)
• Marine, Estuarine, and Riverine Habitat Policy Resolution of Agreement (November 1990)
• Joint Statement to Conserve Marine, Estuarine, and Riverine Habitat (May 1990)
• In Opposition to the Use of Combustion/Incineration Ash for Artificial Reef Construction (November 1990)
• Support of Federal Legislation Strengthening Wetlands Protection, Control of Polluted Runoff, and Improving the National Estuary Program (November 1993)
• Need to Remediate the Dumping of Contaminated Dredge Spoils in all Atlantic Marine Waters (November 1993)
• In Opposition to the Proposed Basin Mills Hydroelectric Dam, Maine (November 1993)

Brochures

• Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Why is it so important and how can fishermen and boaters help protect it?
• Protecting Fish Habitat A Guide for Fishermen and Boaters
  

Additional Materials

• Habitat Folders
• ‘Save our Schools’ Posters
• The Environmental Impacts of Boating: Proceedings of a Workshop
• Fisheries Wetlands and Jobs: The Value of Wetlands to American’s Fisheries
• No Safe Harbor (video)

Contacts

• Jessie Thomas, Habitat Coordinator
• Habitat Committee
  • Chair, Bill Goldsborough

Species-specific Information