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IMPACTS TO PELAGIC &• Trawling for shrimpBENTHIC HABITATS?• Pot fisheries for crabs• Migratory routes for large mammals (e.g.whales, turtles)• Schooling fish, sport fisheries• Florida Reef Tract• Inner continental shelf
REGIONALSETTINGSE Florida AtlanticContinental shelf is about2 km wide at its narrowestpoint off Port Everglades(red arrow) in Port Ever-glades. Shelf drops off to800 m depth after shelfbreak at 30-40m waterdepth.Narrowest part of the shelflies between the two redbars marking northern andsouthern boundaries.
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