areas

Full official or directly translated name of the area in English, as defined by the owner. Country, species or owner name should be included only if in
the official name.
E.g., Shrimp Fishing Area 14

Official name(s) and respective locale(s) of the area, as defined by the owner in local language. Country, species or owner name should be included only if in
the official name.
E.g., {es: Región de Arica y Parinacota}

Abbreviated code of the area. This should be unique within the system. If the area is only referred to by a full name (i.e. Area_name_English or Area_name_localized) and does not have a unique code then a code should be created and the Area_code_official field set to 0.
E.g., the Hake Quota Management Area (QMA) HAK1 in New Zealand has the code HAK1.

Binary flag for whether code is defined by System owner or not.

Code of area immediately above current area if a hierarchy is defined and area is not at top level.
E.g. for 34.1.11, would be 34.1

Polygon or multipolygon of the area in EPSG:4326. A single area is a single polygon (or multi-polygon) with a single (homogenous) area name, of a single system, of a single management authority/owner.

Additional comments, notes, or considerations on the area by the database user. Could include known issues or uncertainties with the area.

Name of the organization that created the record