Georges Bank

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Georges Bank is a shallow, nutrient-rich submarine plateau off the coast of New England and Atlantic Canada, historically known as one of the world’s most productive fishing grounds.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Georges Bank canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf feature ⓘ
fishing ground ⓘ
submarine plateau ⓘ
borderedBy Gulf of Maine ⓘ
Nantucket Shoals ⓘ
Scotian Shelf ⓘ
disputedBy Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
economicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
shellfish harvesting ⓘ
hasCharacteristic highly productive ecosystem ⓘ
nutrient-rich ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
hasFeature sand and gravel substrate ⓘ
shoals ⓘ
steep shelf break ⓘ
hasHabitatType benthic habitat ⓘ
pelagic habitat ⓘ
hasLegalStatus maritime boundary delimitation between US and Canada ⓘ
hasProcess strong tidal mixing ⓘ
upwelling of nutrients ⓘ
importantFor Northwest Atlantic fisheries ⓘ
regional marine biodiversity ⓘ
knownFor abundant groundfish stocks ⓘ
high primary productivity ⓘ
historical overfishing issues ⓘ
rich fishing grounds ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Atlantic Canada ⓘ
New England ⓘ
managedBy Fisheries and Oceans Canada ⓘ
National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States ⓘ
oceanCurrentInfluence Gulf Stream ⓘ
Labrador Current ⓘ
partOf continental shelf of North America ⓘ
separatedFrom Gulf of Maine ⓘ
separatedFromBy Great South Channel ⓘ
Nantucket Shoals ⓘ
subjectTo fisheries management regulations ⓘ
fishing moratoria on some stocks ⓘ
international fisheries agreements ⓘ
supportsSpecies Atlantic cod ⓘ
haddock ⓘ
herring ⓘ
lobster ⓘ
mackerel ⓘ
scallops ⓘ
various groundfish ⓘ
yellowtail flounder ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf of Maine → hasPart → Georges Bank ⓘ
Atlantic cod → region → Georges Bank ⓘ
subject linked to: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Nantucket Shoals → locatedNear → Georges Bank ⓘ
Great South Channel → separates → Georges Bank ⓘ
Great South Channel → isAdjacentTo → Georges Bank ⓘ
Scotian Shelf → borders → Georges Bank ⓘ
Georges Basin → isAdjacentTo → Georges Bank ⓘ
Cape Cod Shelf → adjacentTo → Georges Bank ⓘ
Northwest Atlantic Ocean → contains → Georges Bank ⓘ