MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 15601 Adjacent waters of Hirado island and Shijiki Bay
Relevant municipalities | Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 62 |
Selected by MARXAN software.
These are the waters in the vicinity of Shijiki and Takenoko Bays on southern Hirado Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. Shijiki Bay is home to sea grass and seaweed beds, including a massive eel grass community (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | 0.4 |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | 1.9 |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | 48.3 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 78.5 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
# Criteria 1 |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Angustassiminea castanea |
Assiminea estuarina |
Criteria 2 |
<Pisces> |
Branchiostegus japonicus (Horsehead tilefish)[Sp] |
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp] |
Trichiurus japonicus (Largehead hairtail)[Sp] |
Paralichthys olivaceus (Bastard halibut)[Sp] |
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp] |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp] |
Scomber japonicus (Chub mackerel)[Sp] |
Pagrus major (Red seabream)[Sp] |
<Cephalopoda> |
Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Bigfin Reef Squid) |
Loligo edulis (Swordtip squid) |
Todarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid) |
Criteria 7 |
<Vascular Plants> |
Zostera marina (Eel grass) |
Zostera japonica |
Artemisia fukudo |
Criteria 8 |
<Natural Monuments> |
Ajika-jima |
* 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