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MARINE 5 Northeast Biogeographic Six biogeographic zones: Boreal Region,
REGION Atlantic zones Boreal-Arctic, Boreal-Lusitanean, Lusitanean,
Lusitanean-Boreal, Azores-Madeira
Countries and territories
Azores and Madeira (Portugal), Belgium, Denmark (west side), France (Atlantic side), Germany (west side),
Ireland, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (Atlantic side), UK
Key regional treaties and conventions
Mainly OSPAR Convention and EU Habitats and Species Directive; some countries also participate in
HELCOM (the Helsinki Convention), ASCOBANS and ACCOBAMS
MARINE 6 Baltic Biogeographic Nine biogeographic zones: Skagerrak, Kattegat,
REGION zones Sound (Oresund) and Belt Sea, Baltic proper,
Gulf of Finland, Åland Sea and Archipelago Sea,
Bothnian Sea, Bothnian Threshold, Bothnian
Bay
Countries and territories
Denmark (east side), Estonia, Finland, Germany (east side), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway (southeast side),
Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad; Gulf of Finland), Sweden
Key regional treaties and conventions
Mainly ASCOBANS and HELCOM (the Helsinki Convention); also EU Habitats and Species Directive and
OSPAR Convention
MARINE 7 Wider Biogeographic Six biogeographic zones: Antillian, Continental,
REGION Caribbean zones Northwest, Gulf, Bahamian, Guianan
Countries and territories
Anguilla (UK), Antigua and Barbuda (UK), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands (UK), Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe (France),
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (France), México, Montserrat (UK), Netherlands
Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, St Maarten, St Eustatius and Saba) (Netherlands), Nicaragua, Panamá,
Puerto Rico (US), St-Barthélemy (France), St Kitts and Nevis (UK), St Lucia, St-Martin (France), St Vincent
and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Venezuela, Virgin
Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US), southeast US: the Gulf coast from Texas to Florida and north to North
Carolina
Key regional treaties and conventions
Cartagena Convention and SPAW Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife; Caribbean
Environment Programme (CAR/RCU, UNEP)
MARINE 8 West Africa Biogeographic Five biogeographic zones: Western Tropical,
REGION zones Western Intertropical, Western Subtropical
(North), Western Subtropical (South), Eastern
Subtropical
Countries and territories
Angola, Ascension (UK), Benin, Bouvet (Norway), Cameroon, Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verdes
(Portugal), Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, St Helena (UK), São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tristan da Cunha (UK), Western Sahara (Morocco)
Key regional treaties and conventions
Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of
the West and Central African Regions (UNEP regional programme for the West and Central African region
includes all countries listed except Morocco, Namibia and South Africa); Morocco belongs to ACCOBAMS
(see Marine Region 3)