Arafura-Timor Seas region

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The Arafura-Timor Seas region is a marine area in northern Australia and Southeast Asia encompassing the Arafura and Timor Seas, known for its rich fisheries, offshore energy resources, and complex maritime boundaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
marine region
adjacentTo Gulf of Carpentaria NERFINISHED
New Guinea NERFINISHED
Timor Island NERFINISHED
borderBodyOfWater Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
borderCountry Australia NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
climateZone tropical
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED
hasBiodiversity high marine species richness
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing
offshore gas production
offshore oil production
shipping
hasEcosystemType continental shelf ecosystem
coral reef ecosystem
mangrove ecosystem
tropical marine ecosystem
hasIssue illegal fishing
maritime boundary disputes
overfishing
transboundary resource management
hasNaturalResource coral reef ecosystems
demersal fish stocks
hydrocarbons
pelagic fish stocks
shrimp
hasStakeholder Australia NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
regional fisheries organizations
includes Arafura Sea NERFINISHED
Timor Sea NERFINISHED
knownFor complex maritime boundaries
offshore energy resources
rich fisheries
locatedIn Northern Australia NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia
partOf Indo-Pacific region NERFINISHED
tropical Western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
threatenedBy climate change
marine pollution
usedFor marine spatial planning
regional fisheries management

Referenced by (3)

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Timor Gap partOf Arafura-Timor Seas region
Clarence Strait isPartOf Arafura-Timor Seas region
this entity surface form: Arafura–Timor Sea region
Kaiadilt people oceanicContext Arafura-Timor Seas region
this entity surface form: Arafura Sea–Gulf of Carpentaria region