Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Essential Fish Habitat for Basking Shark:

• Neonate/early juveniles (270 cm TL): At this time, available information is insufficient for the identification of EFH for this life stage.
  
  

• Late juveniles/subadults (271 to 810 cm TL): Offshore the mid-Atlantic United States south of Nantucket Shoals at 70° W to the north edge of Cape Hatteras, NC at 35.5° N in waters 50 to 200 m deep; associated with boundary conditions created by the western edge of the Gulf Stream.
  
  

• Adults (810 cm TL): Offshore southern New England, west of Nantucket Shoals at 70° W to Montauk, Long Island, NY at 72° W, out to the continental shelf in waters 50 to 200 m deep, where water column physical conditions create high abundances of zooplankton.