Pacific Sand Lance

Overview

Species Common Name Pacific Sand Lance
Species Scientific Name Ammodytes personatus

Ecoregions

Nearshore

The Nearshore ecoregion includes a variety of habitats ranging from submerged high-relief rocky reefs to broad expanses of intertidal mudflats in estuaries and hosts a vast array of fish, invertebrates, marine mammals, birds, plants, and micro-organisms. This ecoregion encompasses the area from the outer boundary of Oregon’s Territorial Sea to the supra-tidal zone, and up into the estuaries.

Special needs

Sandy or fine gravel substrates in intertidal and shallow subtidal areas.

Limiting factors

Suitable spawning habitat. Favorable food resources associated with ocean productivity.

Data gaps

Population status and trends. Mechanisms driving population fluctuations.

Conservation actions

Protect critical habitat. Monitor population abundance at index sites. Federal and state forage fish fishery management plan.

Key reference or plan

Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1: Protecting Unfished and Unmanaged Forage Fish Species

Life History Traits