English-Portuguese translations for continental shelf

plataforma continentalQuanto às espécies demersais, a biomassa diminuiu em 75% na plataforma continental mauritana desde 2007. As for demersal fish, the biomass has been reduced by 75% on the Mauritanian continental shelf since 2007. Neste caso, refiro-me aos campos de gás natural no Mar do Norte e aos que se estima existirem na plataforma continental do Mar Negro. In this case, I am referring to the fields in the North Sea and those which are supposed to be on the Black Sea continental shelf. A tal não é alheio o facto de não existir uma plataforma continental, razão pela qual a pesca é fundamentalmente praticada nos chamados "montes submarinos". Added to which is the lack of a continental shelf, meaning that fishing essentially takes place on what are referred to as ‘submarine hills’.

The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean

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