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Fishing area maps

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

ICES is the organisation that co-ordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. This includes adjacent seas such as the Baltic Sea and North Sea.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department prepares and publishes major fishing area maps.

You are able to search FAO major fishing areas using a simple word search, a browser mapping the FAO fishing areas, and a list of the FAO fishing areas.