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New England Fishery Management
Paleontologist Page Valentine has been appointed a member of the Essential Fish
Habitat Technical Team that advises the Habitat Committee of the New England
Fishery Management Council. The EFH Technical Team has 17 members who represent
NMFS, SBNMS, state fisheries and coastal resources agencies, EPA, USFWS, USGS,
university biologists and environmentalists. The duties of the technical team
are to identify and refine the designations of Essential Fish Habitat for species
managed by the Council and to address any impacts to that habitat.
Among other
issues, the group is considering the potential impact of opening an area on
Georges Bank to scallop dredging. The area being considered has been closed
to all fishing since 1994. Page provides knowledge of the seafloor geology and
its controls on benthic habitats for parts of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank.
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March 1999
in this issue:
Lake Titicaca
Massachusetts Bay
R/V David Johnson
Black History Month
VIPS Project
Sea Education
cover story:
NRC at St. Pete
Coral Reefs
Boston Harbor Clean-Up
New England Fishery Management
Woods Hole Visitors
Menlo Park Events
March Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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