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Priority Ocean Areas for Protection in the Mid-Atlantic
Findings of NRDC's Marine Habitat Workshop
Appendix 3
Area Covered by Recommendations at NRDC's Mid-Atlantic Workshop
(In alphabetical order by last name)
All areas are expressed in square nautical miles, and based on an Albers Equal Area Conic projection. For conversion purposes: 1 nm = 1.852 km = 1.1508 ml = 6076 ft; 1 square nm = 3.43 square km.
| ID | Area Covered (Square Nautical Miles) | Percent of Study Area | ID | Area Covered (Square Nautical Miles) | Percent of Study Area |
| KA1 | 10686.24 | 8.791 | RL1 | 947.25 | 0.779 |
| KA2 | 155.11 | 0.128 | RL2 | 702.31 | 0.578 |
| KA3 | 221.12 | 0.182 | RL3 | 713.48 | 0.587 |
| PA1 | 230.20 | 0.189 | RL4 | 596.27 | 0.491 |
| PA2 | 1361.22 | 1.120 | JM1 | 735.00 | 0.605 |
| PA3 | 700.34 | 0.576 | JM2 | 1823.98 | 1.500 |
| PA4 | 1380.06 | 1.135 | JM3 | 593.37 | 0.488 |
| CH1 | 1900.67 | 1.564 | JM4 | 926.24 | 0.762 |
| CR1 | 4194.73 | 3.451 | JM5 | 742.81 | 0.611 |
| CR2 | 3294.00 | 2.710 | JM6 | 541.43 | 0.445 |
| FG1 | 12783.22 | 10.516 | JM7 | 410.86 | 0.338 |
| FG2 | 81.46 | 0.067 | JM8 | 295.31 | 0.243 |
| FG3 | 42.02 | 0.035 | EP1 | 11453.52 | 9.422 |
| FG4 | 38.19 | 0.031 | EP2 | 2819.45 | 2.319 |
| FG5 | 45.76 | 0.038 | EP3 | 5052.86 | 4.157 |
| FG6 | 4565.89 | 3.756 | EP4 | 2515.27 | 2.069 |
| BH1 | 207.23 | 0.170 | EP5 | 163.16 | 0.134 |
| BH2 | 289.11 | 0.238 | EP6 | 327.41 | 0.269 |
| BH3 | 284.85 | 0.234 | DR1 | 1714.85 | 1.411 |
| BH4 | 256.99 | 0.211 | DR2 | 2160.24 | 1.777 |
| BH5 | 234.93 | 0.193 | DR3 | 1506.13 | 1.239 |
| BH6 | 729.20 | 0.600 | DR4 | 476.75 | 0.392 |
| BH7 | 615.30 | 0.506 | DR5 | 485.70 | 0.400 |
| BH8 | 622.85 | 0.512 | LW1 | 1453.83 | 1.196 |
| BH9 | 600.97 | 0.494 | LW2 | 320.67 | 0.264 |
| BH10 | 555.64 | 0.457 | LW3 | 407.59 | 0.335 |
| BH11 | 591.81 | 0.487 | LW4 | 178.89 | 0.147 |
| BH12 | 138.56 | 0.114 | LW5 | 142.52 | 0.117 |
| TH1 | 3894.95 | 3.204 | LW6 | 227.77 | 0.187 |
| RK1 | 15044.07 | 12.376 | PA5-CR3-JM9 | 3246.83 | 2.671 |
| AK1 | 18744.34 | 15.419 | |||
SUMMARY STATISTICS
| Square Nautical Miles | |
| Total Study Area | 121,563 |
| Identified Habitat | 66,441 |
| Percentage Habitat | 54.7% (overlapping habitat areas only counted once) |
PRIORITY OCEAN AREAS
| Region | Area (square nautical miles) | Percent |
| Submarine Canyons | 4398.0 | 3.61 |
| Cape Hatteras | 1863.5 | 1.53 |
| Tilefish Habitat | 3894.9 | 3.20 |
| Nearshore Corridor | 11007.7 | 9.06 |
| Continental Shelf-Slope Break | 7340.4 | 6.04 |
| Total (overlap accounted for) | 23525.6 | 19.35 |
| The total is less than the sum of the columns because some areas overlap a bit. | ||
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