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Coastal Area 17303 Adjacent waters of Cape Benkei

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Suttsu, Shimamaki, Hokkaido Prefecture
Area (km2) 43

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters in the vicinity of Cape Benkei in the town of Suttsu and the village of Shimamaki, Hokkaido. In these waters fur seals and spotted seals can be seen. Steller sea lions also come ashore in some areas (Sakurai, personal communication).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 1.1
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 12.8
Rate of natural coast (%) 70.6
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Mamal>
Phoca largha (Larga Seal (Spotted Seal))
Criteria 2
<Aves>
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock-thrush)[Br/Ne]
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)[Br/Ne]
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Larus schistisagus (Slaty-backed Gull)
Larus schistisagus (Slaty-backed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Maurolicus japonicus (North Pacific lightfish)[Sp]
Sebastes schlegelii (Korean rockfish)[Sp]
Theragra chalcogramma (Alaska pollock)[Sp]
Pleurogrammus azonus (Okhotsk atka mackerel)[Sp]
<Cephalopoda>
Loligo bleekeri (Spear squid)
Criteria 3
<Aves>
Cepphus carbo (Spectacled Guillemot)

* 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

 

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