Adriatic Sea (North Central) - Geographic Area

The north-central Adriatic Sea is located in the Central Mediterranean Sea. It constitutes the widest continental shelf in the Mediterranean (Pinardi et al. 2006) and is of great value for fishing within the Italian and the European context (Bombace 1992, Mannini and Massa 2000). Most of the data presented in this study refers to the continental shelf covering a total area of soft bottom sediments of 55500 km2. Biological data mainly belongs to the Institute of Marine Science (ISMAR) located in Ancona, Italy (ISMAR-CNR, see data sources below). Data does not include the eastern Adriatic Sea.

FAO Fishing Areas:  [ 37.2.1 (GSA 17) ]