Data from: The Crowded Sea: Incorporating Multiple Marine Activities in Conservation Plans can Significantly Alter Spatial Priorities

These data sets present the data in shapefile format underlying figures in: Mazor T, Possingham H.P., Edelist D, Brokovich E, Kark, S (2014) The Crowded Sea: Incorporating Multiple Marine Activities in Conservation Plans can Significantly Alter Spatial Priorities. PLOS ONE. All these data are provided in shapefile format using the Israel_TM_Grid. <strong>Species Richness (Fig. 2)</strong> - This data presents the number of biodiversity features present in 1 x 1 km grid units (planning units) covering the territorial waters of Israel's Mediterranean Sea. These include 166 biodiversity features - (153 fishes, 2 turtles, 1 cetacean), and 10 geomorphologic features (Fig. 2a; see Table S1 for a list of species and features included in this study). <strong>Commercial fishing effort (Fig.2)</strong> - These data present the commercial fishing effort of 4 major fishing gear types (trawlers, longliners, purse seiners, entangling nets) used in Israle's mediterranean territorial waters within 1 x 1km planning units. These data present both biomass (ton) and cost (US$) - found in attributes table. <strong>Selection Frequency Conservation Zone (Fig.4)</strong> - These data show the percentage of times (column "perc" from the attributes table), each 1km2 planning unit was selected to be in a conservation zone (no-take zone) by Marxan when run 1000 times. These present data for each planning sceario; Simple Planning, Basic Zoning, Intermediate Zoning and Complex Zoning. <strong>Best Solutions (Fig. 5)</strong> - These data show the best solutions in Marxan when run 1000 times. This solutions presents the lowest score (meets tagets for the lowest cost). From the attributes table - each number depicts a zone. These present data for each planning sceario; Simple Planning, Basic Zoning, Intermediate Zoning and Complex Zoning. <strong>Selection Frequency of Economic, Benthic Protection and Exploration Zone (Fig.6)</strong> - These data show the percentage of times (column "perc" from the attributes table), each 1km2 planning unit was selected to be in a particular zone by Marxan when run 1000 times. These present data for each planning sceario; Basic Zoning, Intermediate Zoning and Complex Zoning.