Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Essential Fish Habitat for Silky Shark:

• Neonate/early juveniles (97 cm TL): Waters off Cape Hatteras, NC between the 100 and 2,000 m isobaths; plus shallow coastal waters just north and immediately west of Cape Hatteras; waters off St. Augustine, FL south to off Miami in depths 25 to 1,000 m, (likely along the west edge of the Gulf Stream); off northwest FL- De Soto Canyon area between the 200 and 2,000 m isobaths.
  
  

• Late juveniles/subadults (98 to 231 cm TL): Waters off the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, MD south to waters offshore west of the North Carolina/ South Carolina border from the 50 to 2,000 m isobath; from the North Carolina/ South Carolina border south to Key West paralleling the 200 m isobath; the area northwest of Key West to west of Ten Thousand Islands between the 50 and 2,000 m isobaths.
  
  

• Adults (232 cm TL): At this time, available information is insufficient for the identification of EFH for this life stage.