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Coastal Area 16901 Adjacent waters of Sasagawa-nagare

Basic Information References

Relevant municipalities	Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
Area (km²)	13

Reason(s) for selection Criteria

Selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics References

These are the waters in the vicinity of the Sasagawa-nagare Coast. This area, which is in a relatively natural state, is an important fishing ground for abalone, turban shell, oyster, wakame, and others, and it is relatively productive where the shelf is narrow (Sakurai, personal communication).

Environment / Habitat infromation Data source

Tidal mud flats (km²)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km²)	0.5
Coral reef coverage (km²)
Natural coast (km)	2.2
Rate of natural coast (%)	21.9
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) Data source

Criteria 1

Cottus kazika (Fourspine sculpin)

Criteria 2

<Aves>

Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)

Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne]

Sebastes schlegelii (Korean rockfish)[Sp]

Hyporhamphus sajori (Japanese halfbeak)[Sp]

Pagrus major (Red seabream)[Sp]

Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)

Criteria 3

Cottus kazika (Fourspine sculpin)

Criteria 7

Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)

Carex rugulosa

* 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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