Principal feeding areas used by 16 Species of Top Predators:

Coastal areas: the waters adjacent to the Malvinas Islands, Staten Island, Diego Ramírez Islands, Peninsula Valdés and the waters stretching from the south of the peninsula to the north of the Gulf of San Jorge.

Pelagic areas: the slope of the Patagonian Shelf, the ocean environment adjacent to the Malvinas Islands, the shelf-slope area at the latitude of the Gulf of San Jorge, the areas influenced by the outflow of the Río de la Plata, and the area to the east of the Burdwood Bank. The coastal-pelagic corridor between the Valdés Peninsula and the slope is also relevant.

The areas most commonly used by seabirds and marine mammals reveal few seasonal variations, this suggests that the same extensive areas of the ocean are relevant during different periods of the annual cycle of the top predators.

None of the pelagic areas identified as important for top predators is under a regime of special management for the conservation of biodiversity.