How Do I?
- Register with the National Saltwater Angler Registry?
- Find recreational fishing regulations?
- Report a marine mammal or sea turtle stranding?
- Apply for a fishing permit?
- Import/export fishery products?
- Find a Volunteer coastal restoration effort near me?
- Find a catch and landing information for commercial and recreational fisheries?
The NOAA Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center
The NOAA Estuarine Habitats and Coastal
Fisheries Center at Lafayette, Louisiana is
a state-of-the-art science facility. The
facility is designed to include ecology,
chemistry, genetics and necropsy
laboratories, and a seawater laboratory for
live animal culture. It is adjacent to the
USGS National Wetlands Research Center and
the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
providing nearby support in cooperative
research.
(NOAA Image) EHCFC Back porch and pond
The facility also includes office and
laboratory space currently in use by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Natural Resources
Conservation Service, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the U.S. Geological Service
Biological Resources Division.
(NOAA Image) NOAA Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center (EHCFC)
NOAA Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center
646 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
Tele: (337) 291-2107
- Louisiana Coastal Area Restoration Plan
- Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management/ and Coastwide Reference Monitoring System
- Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA Projects)
- Researching impacts from water diversions on sediments
