The FAO definition which I followed in the chapters mentioned in my previous email includes the coastal areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, Gulf of Mexico, Middle America, south to Venezuela, including the Bahamas, Cuba, the Caymans, Hispaniola, the West Indies, West Indies.
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From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marien Faber
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Geography question
This begs for the question: what is the central western Atlantic?
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:52:28 -0500
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> The United Nations and its Food and Agriculture Organization define that
> area for fisheries purposes as the Western Central Atlantic. Check this out:
> http://shellmuseum.org/projectdetail.cfm?ID=13
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> Regards,
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> José
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> The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
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> Does anyone know if there is a term to use for the geographical area which
> includes North Carolina, both coasts of Florida to Texas, along Central
> America and the N. Coast of S. America including the Caribbean and W.
> Indies. Does someone have an idea of what would be a good term for this
> area.....
>
> Carole Marshall
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