| Ecosystem | Sulu-Celebes Sea | ||||||||||||
| Type | Sea/Bay/Gulf | ||||||||||||
| Salinity | saltwater | ||||||||||||
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| Description | Bounded by Malaysia and the island chains of the Philippines and Indonesia, this semi-enclosed LME has an area of about 900,000 km2 and is comprised of the Sulu Sea and the Celebes Sea. Much of the LME has a depth greater than 3000 m, limiting most fishing to the coastal areas, while the offshore waters are largely unexploited. Coastal trawling for prawn supplies a major marine export industry, while a variety of artisanal fishing methods are used to catch fish for local consumption, constituting a primary food resource for the region (http://www.na.nmfs.gov/lme/text/lme37.htm) | ||||||||||||
| Comments on faunal list | Area from SAU (November 2015). | ||||||||||||
| URL 1 | http://www.seaaroundus.org/lme/37.aspx | ||||||||||||
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