This shape lists the areas covered by the Regional Advisory Councils (RAC) as poligons as exposed in the Atlas of the Seas. The Black Sea, Aquaculture, Markets and Outermost Regions Advisory Conucils have been added. Aditional information regarding to legal fundation have been added to the original shape.

This dataset visualises the marine area with is covered by the Barcelona, Bucharest, HELCOM and OSPAR Convention. Bucharest Convention dataset was locally created by cutting marine area of Black Sea and Sea of Azov. HELCOM dataset was downloaded or connect via WMS to http://maps.helcom.fi/ArcGIS/services/DataDelivery/MapServer/WMSServer