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APPENDIX A:

 

Description and Identification of Essential Fish Habitat, Adverse Impacts and Recommended Conservation Measures for Salmon

 

AMENDMENT 14 TO THE PACIFIC COAST SALMON PLAN
Pacific Fishery Management Council
January 1999

3.0 - DESCRIPTION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PACIFIC SALMON ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT AND ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT

3.1 - FISHING ACTIVITIES AFFECTING SALMON ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT

3.1.1 - Fishing Activities under the Control of the Council -- Potential Effects on EFH and Measures to Minimize Adverse Affects

3.1.2 - Fishing Activities Not under the Control of the Council -- Potential Effects on Essential Fish Habitat and Measures to Minimize Adverse Affects

3.2 - NONFISHING ACTIVITIES AFFECTING SALMON ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT

3.2.1 - The Consultation Process

3.2.2 - Salmonid Habitat Requirement

3.2.3 - Adverse Effects on Essential Fish Habitat

Agriculture
Artificial Propagation of Fish and Shellfish
Bank Stabilization
Beaver Removal & Habitat Alteration
Construction/Urbanization
Dam Construction/Operation
Dredging & Dredged Spoil Disposal
Estuarine Alteration
Forestry
Grazing
Habitat Restoration Projects
Irrigation Water Withdrawal, Storage and Management
Mineral Mining
Nonnative Species, Introduction/Spread of
Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling & Transportation Activities
Road Building and Maintenance
Sand and Gravel Mining
Vessel Operations
Wastewater/Pollutant Discharge
Wetland & Floodplain Alteration
Woody Debris/Structure Removal From Rivers and Estuaries