Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Shortfin Mako:

• Neonate/early juveniles (95 cm TL): Between the 50 and 2,000 m isobaths from Cape Lookout, NC, approximately 35° N, north to just southeast of Georges Bank (approximately 42° N and 66° W) to the EEZ boundary; and between the 25 and 50 m isobaths from offshore the Chesapeake Bay (James River) (North Carolina/Virginia border) to a line running west of Long Island, NY to just southwest of Georges Bank, approximately 67° W and 41° N.
  
  

• Late juveniles/subadults (96 to 279 cm TL): Between the 25 and 2,000 m isobaths from offshore Onslow Bay, NC north to Cape Cod, MA; and extending west between 38° N and 41.5° N to the EEZ boundary.
  
  

• Adults (280 cm TL): Between the 25 and 2,000 m isobaths from offshore Cape Lookout, NC north to Long Island, NY; and extending west between 38.5° N and 41° N to the EEZ boundary.