Below are links to statefact sheets, associated with The release of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan Report; THROUGH AFISH’S EYE: The Status of Fish Habitats In The United States 2010 .
These Fact sheets provide an important picture of the challenges and opportunities facing fish and those engaged in fish habitat conservation efforts.
Urbanization, agriculture, dams, culverts, pollution and other human impacts have resulted in specific areas of degraded habitat where restoration is most likely needed to bring back the healthy habitats and fishing opportunities that once existed.
Addressing degraded habitat also requires reducing or eliminating the sources of degradation mentioned in this report, through best management practices, land use planning, and engaging landowners, businesses, and local communities in the effort.
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Background Information for the 2010 “Status of Fish Habitats” Report state fact sheets: Data about impaired waters is listed as the first ‘Did you know’ fact for most states.
The number of and miles/acres of impaired waters information is from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Summary of Impaired Waters from section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.
The facts reference data from 2006 through 2008, the most recent data available at the time of the state document’s publication.
303(d) impaired water data can be found at: http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_nation_cy.control?p_report_type=T#status_of_data .
Facts linking fisheries to the economy for each state come from two different sources.
All commercial fisheries landings data are from the Fisheries of the United States 2009 report published by NOAA in September 2010.
This report can be found at: http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/fus/fus09/index.html .
The dollar value of recreational fishing related activities is from the USFWS 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
This report offers a conservative calculation of the economic impacts associated with recreation fishing and can be found at: http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/NationalSurvey/National_Survey.htm .
The commercial and recreational numbers were added to determine the total dollar amount generated annually per state.
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