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Coastal Area 10401 Shiretoko (Shari, Utoro) side coast

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Shari, Rausu, Hokkaido Prefecture
Area (km2) 215

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected due to high levels for the criteria 1, 2, and 7, .and selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These comprise the waters on the Sea of Okhotsk side of the Shiretoko Peninsula from the peninsula's root to its tip. These waters have a primeval nature, with the coastal ecosystem on the Sea of Okhotsk side being registered as a World Natural Heritage Site. These are the waters where ice floes start to reach shore earliest in the wintertime, and they also are the lowest-latitude waters in the world where ice floes are distributed (Government of Japan, 2004). The ice floes lead to massive increases in ice algae, the high productivity of which means diverse creatures including fish, pinnipeds, birds and others can be seen here. Another of these waters' distinguishing features is the large number of rivers in which wild (not hatchery-bred) salmon (salmon, pink salmon) have been confirmed to swim upstream (Miyakoshi et al., 2012). Breeding of spectacled guillemot and white-tailed eagles has been confirmed here as well (Government of Japan, 2004).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 1.4
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 66.7
Rate of natural coast (%) 78.9
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Mamal>
Phoca largha (Larga Seal (Spotted Seal))
Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's Sea-lion)
Enhydra lutris (Sea otter)
<Aves>
Haliaeetus pelagicus (Steller's Sea-eagle)
Riparia riparia (Sand Martin)
Corvus corax (Common Raven)
<Pisces>
Salvelinus malma (Dolly varden)
Criteria 2
<Aves>
Apus pacificus (Pacific Swift)[Br/Ne]
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]
Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Ammodytes personatus (Japanese sand lance)[Sp]
Criteria 3
<Mamal>
Enhydra lutris (Sea otter)
<Aves>
Uria aalge (Common Murre)
Cepphus carbo (Spectacled Guillemot)
Histrionicus histrionicus (Harlequin Duck)
Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pelagic Cormorant)
<Pisces>
Salvelinus malma (Dolly varden)
Criteria 4
<Aves>
Uria aalge (Common Murre)
Criteria 7
<Pisces>
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)

* 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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