Foraging areas for leatherback sea turtles in the South Pacific Gyre
Candidate EBSAs
Below is a list of the candidate EBSAs submitted to this site. GOBI takes no position on the scientific merits of these submissions. However, there is a minimal quality control (QC) process to remove spam and nonsense. The submissions below marked as "Published" have gone through this basic QC process and are available for viewing. Submissions marked "Pending" are still in this QC process and are not yet publicly available. Those marked "Draft" are entries that have been started but have not yet been completed and submitted.
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- Costa Rica Dome — Contact person: Erich Hoyt, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) — last modified Nov 23, 2010 05:38 PM
- The Costa Rica Dome is a high productivity area which uniquely supports year-round endangered blue whales.
- Southeast Shoal of the Grand Bank — Contact person: erichhoyt — last modified Feb 21, 2011 03:13 PM
- The Southeast Shoal of the Grand Bank is an area of high primary productivity, an offshore spawning site for capelin and a cetacean foraging area.
- Alborán Sea — Contact person: erichhoyt — last modified Nov 23, 2010 05:47 PM
- The Alborán Sea has the highest cetacean diversity in the Mediterranean basin.
