MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 12303 Adjacent waters of Onohara Island
Relevant municipalities | Miyake, Tokyo |
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Area (km2) | 66 |
Selected by experts as the surrounding waters of a breeding colony of Japanese Murrelet
These are the waters in the vicinity of Onohara Island. These waters are home to a breeding colony of Japanese murrelet (an IUCN endangered species) (BirdLife International, 2012).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | 0 |
Natural coast (km) | - |
Rate of natural coast (%) | - |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 2 |
<Aves> |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet) |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet)[Br/Ne] |
<Pisces> |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Scomber japonicus (Chub mackerel)[Sp] |
Criteria 3 |
<Aves> |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet) |
* This is the species list of which meet the criteria. In that matter, this list does not include all species that inhabit the individual area.
Abbreviation in the information is as follows.
[Br/Ne] : Adjacent water of breeding area or nesting site
[Sp] : spawning area
[Ad] : species not used for analysis but add to the list because inhabit information was collected later
[Ex] : species used for analysis but considered to be possibly extinct in the EBSA region (area)
No mark : data of species distribution