Overlays

[cjthomas730]

Please enter below the list of overlays you think we should be including for pelagos. We will base on this list see which ones we will include.

• EEZ
• MPA
• RFMOS
• Basic Oceans layer (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern)
• Detailed Marine region layer (Caribbean, Black Sea, etc.)
• Territorial waters (extending out to 12 nm I believe and subject to different regulation than EEZs)
• High Seas Pockets
• World Heritage Areas
• Species ranges and fisheries - individual layers for tuna, swordfish, mahi, etc fishing grounds
• Spawning and mating grounds for valuable commercial fisheries
  • known (based on anecdotal evidence?)
  • likely (based on environmental characteristics of species and region)
• Migration routes - based on known routes or up-to-date species tracking
• commercial species
• megafauna (sharks, turtles, cetaceans etc…)
• Bathymetry
  • seamounts
  • deep sea corals
  • other unique habitats that serve as productive fishing grounds
• Offshore energy sites
  • potential
  • currently developed