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Division 21.1F of FAO Major Area 21 |
| Date
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2018-02-21 |
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Revision: Date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and improved or
amended
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| Edition
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1.0 |
| Edition date
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2018-02-21 |
| Code
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fao-fsa-map-21.1.f |
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| Presentation form
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Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
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| Abstract
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The FAO major fishing areas for statistical purpose are defined by the CWP handbook of fishery statistical standards available
at http://www.fao.org/fishery/cwp/handbook/h/en |
| Purpose
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FAO Fishing Areas have been internationally established to facilitate comparison of data, and improve the possibilities of
cooperation in statistical matters in general.
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| Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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| Graphic overview
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 Map overview |
| Descriptive keywords
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FAO , FIGIS , CWP , fishery , fisheries , fishery statistical areas (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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fao-fsa-map-21.1.f (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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21.1.F , Division 21.1F of FAO Major Area 21 , DIVISION (theme). |
| Use limitation
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The terms and conditions are available at http://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/en |
| Use limitation
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Usage subject to mandatory citation: © FAO, 2018. FAO Major Fishing Areas for Statistical Purposes. Division 21.1F of FAO
Major Area 21. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) [online]. Rome. Updated 2018-02-21 [Cited <DATE>] http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/main.home?uuid=fa
o-fsa-map-21.1.f |
| Use limitation
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Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map(s) are for illustration only and do not
imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal or constitutional status of any
country, territory or sea area or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.
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| Access constraints
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Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a
literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or
label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist,
distributor
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| Access constraints
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License: Formal permission to do something
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| Use constraints
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Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a
literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or
label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist,
distributor
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| Use constraints
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License: Formal permission to do something
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| 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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Boundaries |
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| Supplemental Information
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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. For statistical purposes, 27 major fishing areas have been internationally established to date. These comprise:
eight major inland fishing areas covering the inland waters of the continents and nineteen major marine fishing areas covering
the waters of the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans, with their adjacent seas. The internationally accepted
standard practice is to divide each of the major fishing areas into: first: subareas; second: divisions; and third: subdivisions.
Such systems of subareas, divisions and subdivisions have been successfully developed and implemented in the Atlantic Ocean
by ICNAF, the predecessor of NAFO, for major fishing area 21, by ICES for area 27, by CECAF for area 34, by GCFM for area
37, by CARPAS for area 41, by ICSEAF for area 47, by CPPS for area 87 in the Pacific Ocean, and by CCAMLR for areas 48,
58 and 88 in the Antarctic. The boundaries of FAO Major 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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