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South Brazil Bight - Geographic Area

The South Brazil Bight (SBB) is a crescent shaped located between 23ºS 41’W and 28º S 48’W, at the northern end of the South Brazil Large Marine Ecosystem (SBLME, Fig. 1). The SBB was considered a proper biogeographic unit and has also been called the Santos Basin. The areal extent of the SBB to the 200 m depth contour is 136, 585 km2, and to the 1000 m depth is around 169,500 km2.

FAO Fishing Areas:  [ 41.2.1 ]