# gpkg_spatial_ref_sys

srs_name: GCS_WGS_1984
organization: EPSG
description: WGS 1984
definition:
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]


srs_name: World_Eckert_IV
organization: Esri
description: Eckert IV
definition:
PROJCS["World_Eckert_IV",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Eckert_IV"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]


# PAA_v1_EckertIV

ISO_TER1: PNG
Country: Papua New Guinea
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Industrial fishing, certain gear
PAA_Definition: 6 to 12 nautical miles from shore
Law_or_Regulation:
1-7: National Tuna Fishery Management and Development Plan. 8: National Shark Longline Management Plan 2002.


ISO_TER1: IRN
Country: Iran
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Industrial fishing
PAA_Definition: 12 nautical miles from shore
Law_or_Regulation:
Regulations relative to artisanal fishing in the Persian Gulf.
 Regulations relative to fishing in the Oman Sea.


ISO_TER1: ALB
Country: Albania
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance; Depth
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Industrial fishing, certain gear
PAA_Definition: 3 miles from shore or the 50 meter isobath, whichever is farther
Law_or_Regulation:
Regulation No.8 dated 11.11.2009 on the managing measures for the sustainable exploitation of the fishery resources.


ISO_TER1: LVA
Country: Latvia
Boundary_Creation_Source: Depth
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Commercial fishing
PAA_Definition: the 20 meter isobath
Law_or_Regulation:
Cabinet Regulation No. 296 of 2007 on Commercial Fishing in Territorial Waters and Economic Zone Waters.


ISO_TER1: VUT
Country: Vanuatu
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 6 nautical miles from the baseline
Law_or_Regulation:
Fisheries Regulations Order, 2009. and Vanuatu National Deep-Bottom Fish Fishery Management Plan 2016.


ISO_TER1: AGO
Country: Angola
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 4 - 12 nautical miles from the shore
Law_or_Regulation:
Executive Decree No. 13/02 regulating total allowable catches, fishing areas and other provisions.
 
 http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/ang116916.pdf


ISO_TER1: COG
Country: Congo
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 6 nautical miles from shore
Law_or_Regulation:
Order no 6 of 23 January 2014 prohibiting fishing vessels and other vessels from the exercise of sea fishing in the navigation zone reserved for artisanal fishing and aquaculture.


ISO_TER1: LBR
Country: Liberia
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: Yes
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 6 nautical miles from shore
Law_or_Regulation:
Regulations relating to fisheries, fishing and related activities, for the marine fisheries sector in the Republic of Liberia, 2010 (New Fisheries Regulations)
 
 http://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/en/c/LEX-FAOC132701


ISO_TER1: SLE
Country: Sierra Leone
Boundary_Creation_Source: Coordinates
Local_expert_review: Yes
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: coordinates provided in the policy document
Law_or_Regulation:
Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2018 
 http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/sie192561.pdf and Fisheries and Aquaculture Regulations, 2019. 


ISO_TER1: BHS
Country: Bahamas
Boundary_Creation_Source: Depth
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Commercial fishing
PAA_Definition: the 2 meter isobath
Law_or_Regulation:
Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing) Regulations, 2017  (S.I. No. 2 of 2017).


ISO_TER1: TTO
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance; Depth
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: Subnational
Law_or_Regulation: Fisheries Act (Cap. 67:51).
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Industrial fishing, certain gear
PAA_Definition:
1 nautical mile from shore or the 6 fathom isobath, whichever is further, for the Gulf of Paria and 12 nautical miles from shore for Tobago


ISO_TER1: ASM
Country: American Samoa
Boundary_Creation_Source: Government GIS Dataset
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: Subnational
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Industrial fishing, certain gear
PAA_Definition: Island of Ofu Marine Park and Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Law_or_Regulation:
Establishment of Ofu-Vaoto marine park (Chapter 03 of Title 18). and Chapter 9 of Title 24 - Fishing.


ISO_TER1: TUV
Country: Tuvalu
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance; Other
Local_expert_review: No
Designation_level: National
Law_or_Regulation: Marine Resources (Amendment) Act 2012.
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing, fishing near reefs or seamounts
PAA_Definition:
12 nautical miles from shore or reefs surrounding atolls and islands and 15 nautical miles from seamounts


ISO_TER1: CHL
Country: Chile
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: Yes
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 5 nautical miles from baseline
Law_or_Regulation:
Law No. 18,892 of 1989 ad its modifications - General Law of Fisheries and Aquaculture
 http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/chi1227.pdf


ISO_TER1: PER
Country: Peru
Boundary_Creation_Source: Distance
Local_expert_review: Yes
Designation_level: National
Information_Source: FAO LEX
PAA_prohibits_or_excludes: Non-artisanal fishing
PAA_Definition: 5 nautical miles from shore
Law_or_Regulation:
Supreme Decree No.012-2001 PE - Regulation of the General Fisheries Law
 http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/per30956.pdf


