| Title
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FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes |
| Alternate title
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FAO Fishery Statistical Areas |
| Date
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2008-02-15 |
| Date type
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Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
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| Date
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2013-03-12 |
| Date type
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Revision: Date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and improved or
amended
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| Date
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2014-04-17 |
| Date type
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Revision: Date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and improved or
amended
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| Edition date
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2008-02-15 |
| Presentation form
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Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
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| Abstract
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FAO Major Fishing Areas for Statistical Purposes are arbitrary areas, the boundaries of which were determined in consultation
with international fishery agencies on various considerations, including (i) the boundary of natural regions and the natural
divisions of oceans and seas; (ii) the boundaries of adjacent statistical fisheries bodies already established in inter-governmental
conventions and treaties; (iii) existing national practices; (iv) national boundaries; (v) the longitude and latitude
grid system; (vi) the distribution of the aquatic fauna; and (vii) the distribution of the resources and the environmental
conditions within an area.
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| Purpose
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The rationale of the FAO Major Fishing Areas has been that the areas should, as far as possible, coincide with the areas
of competence of other fishery commissions when existing. This system facilitates comparison of data, and improves the possibilities
of cooperation in statistical matters in general.
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| Credit
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FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Department |
| Status
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Completed: Production of the data has been completed
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| Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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| Descriptive keywords
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FAO , FIGIS , fishery , fisheries , fishing areas , ocean management , resource management , FAO area (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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World (place). |
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| Use limitation
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Usage subject to mandatory citation: (c) FAO, 2019. FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department [online]. Rome. [Cited <DATE>] http://www.fao.org/fishery/area/search/en
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Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data
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| Language
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English |
| Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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| Topic category code
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Economy |
| Topic category code
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Oceans |
| Supplemental Information
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For various historical reasons the Areas in the Pacific were not so developed, with the exception of Area 87 corresponding
to the CPPS area of competence. Initiatives for closer cooperation between agencies in the interest of better data, not
only in the field of tunas, have suggested that some changes are necessary to the present FAO fishing areas/boundaries in
the Pacific.
The boundaries of fishing areas could be modified and adjusted according to new requirements, but it is inadvisable to introduce
too frequent amendments to the already established areas. Revisions to boundaries should only be introduced after consultation
with all the national fishery authorities and fishery agencies concerned with the areas under revision. Unless there are
other over-riding reasons, boundaries lines should be drawn along 5° lines of longitude and latitude.
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