Longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus)
Essential Fish Habitat for Longfin Mako Shark:
Note: At this time, insufficient data is available to differentiate EFH by
size classes, therefore EFH is the same for all life stages.
- Neonate/early juveniles: Off the northeast U.S. coast
from the 100 m isobath out to the EEZ boundary, from south Georges Bank to 35°
N; from 35° N south to 28.25° N off Cape Canaveral, FL, from the 100 m isobath
to the 500 m isobath; from 28.25° N south around peninsular Florida and west
to 92.5° W in the Gulf of Mexico, from the 200 m isobath to the EEZ boundary.
- Late juveniles/subadults: (Identical to neonate EFH): Off
the northeast U.S. coast from the 100 m isobath out to the EEZ boundary, from
south Georges Bank to 35° N; from 35° N south to 28.25° N off Cape Canaveral,
FL, from the 100 m isobath to the 500 m isobath; from 28.25° N south around
peninsular Florida and west to 92.5° W in the Gulf of Mexico, from the 200 m
isobath to the EEZ boundary.
- Adults: (Identical to neonate EFH): Off the northeast
U.S. coast from the 100 m isobath out to the EEZ boundary, from south Georges
Bank to 35° N; from 35° N south to 28.25° N off Cape Canaveral, FL, from the
100 m isobath to the 500 m isobath; from 28.25° N south around peninsular
Florida and west to 92.5° W in the Gulf of Mexico, from the 200 m isobath to
the EEZ boundary.