Summary of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Designations
Name of Estuary/ Bay/ River: Choptank River, Maryland
10’ x 10’ latitude and longitude squares included in this bay or estuary or river (southeast corner boundaries):
3840/7550; 3840/7600; 3830/7550; 3830/7600; 3830/7610
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Species |
Eggs |
Larvae |
Juveniles |
Adults |
Spawning Adults |
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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) |
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haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) |
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pollock (Pollachius virens) |
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whiting (Merluccius bilinearis) |
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offshore hake (Merluccius albidus) |
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red hake (Urophycis chuss) |
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white hake (Urophycis tenuis) |
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redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) |
n/a |
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witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) |
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winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) |
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yellowtail flounder (Pleuronectes ferruginea) |
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windowpane flounder (Scopthalmus aquosus) |
M |
M |
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American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) |
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ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus) |
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Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) |
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Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) |
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Atlantic sea herring (Clupea harengus) |
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monkfish (Lophius americanus) |
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bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) |
M |
M |
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long finned squid (Loligo pealei) |
n/a |
n/a |
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short finned squid (Illex illecebrosus) |
n/a |
n/a |
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Atlantic butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus) |
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Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) |
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summer flounder (Paralicthys dentatus) |
M |
M |
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scup (Stenotomus chrysops) |
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black sea bass (Centropristus striata) |
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surf clam (Spisula solidissima) |
n/a |
n/a |
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ocean quahog (Artica islandica) |
n/a |
n/a |
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spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) |
n/a |
n/a |
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tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) |
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king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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cobia (Rachycentron canadum) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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red drum (Sciaenops occelatus) |
X |
X |
X |
X |