High Seas LLM Scoping
Example global datasets
IHO maritime boundaries (Exclusive Economic Zones, High Seas)
Source: https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php
Downloaded shapefiles: World EEZs and High Seas
Gridded global seafloor bathymetry
Source: https://www.gebco.net/data-products/gridded-bathymetry-data
Downloaded NetCDF: gebco 2025 subice topo
Global seafloor geomorphology (polygon features)
Source: https://bluehabitats.org/?page_id=58
Downloaded shapefiles: global seafloor geomorphologic features
Gridded global fishing effort (csv grids)
Source: https://globalfishingwatch.org/data-download/datasets/public-fishing-effort
Downloaded csv: Monthly apparent fishing hours by flag state and gear type 10th degree
Global high seas MPA candidates
Source: BOSL-created set of polygons
Downloaded shapefile: Global MPA candidates
To add:
Ocean bioregionalization/biogeography data
Hydrothermal vent and seep distributions
Global seafloor habitat classification
Global established MPAs
Global EBSA distribution
RFMO regions and vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) within
Highly migratory species routes and/or species distribution models
IMMAs, ISRAs, KBAs, IBAs,
Deep sea corals (octocoral, scleractinian) predicted habitats distribution and
IUCN red list SDMs
Distribution of endemic species
Example natural language queries (given example global datasets above)
How many hours of fishing effort would be displaced by implementing the entire set of global high seas MPA candidates?
What percentage of global seamounts occupying depths above 1000 meters are located within MPA candidate X?
What is the combined area of the entire set of high seas MPA candidates? What is the combined area of the high seas MPA candidates in the South Atlantic Ocean basin?
What is the proportional breakdown of geomorphology features within each MPA candidate?
How does fishing effort vary across different seafloor geomorphological features?
High Seas LLM Scoping
Example global datasets
IHO maritime boundaries (Exclusive Economic Zones, High Seas)
Source: https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php
Downloaded shapefiles: World EEZs and High Seas
Gridded global seafloor bathymetry
Source: https://www.gebco.net/data-products/gridded-bathymetry-data
Downloaded NetCDF: gebco 2025 subice topo
Global seafloor geomorphology (polygon features)
Source: https://bluehabitats.org/?page_id=58
Downloaded shapefiles: global seafloor geomorphologic features
Gridded global fishing effort (csv grids)
Source: https://globalfishingwatch.org/data-download/datasets/public-fishing-effort
Downloaded csv: Monthly apparent fishing hours by flag state and gear type 10th degree
Global high seas MPA candidates
Source: BOSL-created set of polygons
Downloaded shapefile: Global MPA candidates
To add:
Ocean bioregionalization/biogeography data
Hydrothermal vent and seep distributions
Global seafloor habitat classification
Global established MPAs
Global EBSA distribution
RFMO regions and vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) within
Highly migratory species routes and/or species distribution models
IMMAs, ISRAs, KBAs, IBAs,
Deep sea corals (octocoral, scleractinian) predicted habitats distribution and
IUCN red list SDMs
Distribution of endemic species
Example natural language queries (given example global datasets above)
How many hours of fishing effort would be displaced by implementing the entire set of global high seas MPA candidates?
What percentage of global seamounts occupying depths above 1000 meters are located within MPA candidate X?
What is the combined area of the entire set of high seas MPA candidates? What is the combined area of the high seas MPA candidates in the South Atlantic Ocean basin?
What is the proportional breakdown of geomorphology features within each MPA candidate?
How does fishing effort vary across different seafloor geomorphological features?