Fig. 1.10 > Near-coastal ocean regions have been divided into 64 Large Marine Ecosystems that cross geopolitical borders. This concept is expected to improve co-operation of countries with regard to international marine conservation. The individual LMEs are coloured to indicate the intensity of fishing from 2000 to 2004. In many marine regions the fishing pressure has not dropped since then. © after www.lme.noaa.gov
01. East Bering Sea 02. Gulf of Alaska 03. California Current 04. Gulf of California 05. Gulf of Mexico 06. Southeast U.S.Continental Shelf 07. Northeast U.S.Continental Shelf 08. Scotian Shelf 09. Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf 10. Insular Pacific-Hawaiian 11. Pacific Central-American Coastal 12. Caribbean Sea 13. Humboldt Current 14. Patagonian Shelf 15. South Brazil Shelf 16. East Brazil Shelf 17. North Brazil Shelf 18. West Greenland Shelf 19. East Greenland Shelf 20. Barents Sea 21. Norwegian Shelf 22. North Sea
23. Baltic Sea 24. Celtic-Biscay Shelf 25. Iberian Coastal 26. Mediterranean Sea 27. Canary Current 28. Guinea Current 29. Benguela Current 30. Agulhas Current 31. Somali Coastal Current 32. Arabian Sea 33. Red Sea 34. Bay of Bengal 35. Gulf of Thailand 36. South China Sea 37. Sulu-Celebes Sea 38. Indonesian Sea 39. North Australian Shelf 40. Northeast Australian Shelf-Great Barrier Reef 41. East-Central Australian Shelf 42. Southeast Australian Shelf 43. Southwest Australian Shelf
44. West-Central Australian Shelf 45. Northwest Australian Shelf 46. New Zealand Shelf 47. East China Sea 48. Yellow Sea 49. Kuroshio Current 50. Sea of Japan 51. Oyashio Current 52. Okhotsk Sea 53. West Bering Sea 54. Chukchi Sea 55. Beaufort Sea 56. East Siberian Sea 57. Laptev Sea 58. Kara Sea 59. Iceland Shelf 60. Faroe Plateau 61. Antarctic 62. Black Sea 63. Hudson Bay 64. Arctic Ocean