Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area

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fisheries management area internationally managed area marine region

The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area is an internationally managed marine region in the northwest Atlantic Ocean where member countries coordinate the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Northwest Atlantic Ocean	13
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization regulatory area	8
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization	4
NAFO Regulatory Area	3
NAFO area	2
Northwest Atlantic fisheries	2
western North Atlantic Ocean	2
Northwest Atlantic	1
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area canonical	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T770953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
Context triple: [Newfoundland and Labrador shelf, partOf, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area]

A. North Atlantic area
The North Atlantic area is the broad transatlantic region encompassing the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding countries in Europe and North America that form the geographic focus of NATO’s collective security.
B. South Atlantic
The South Atlantic is a U.S. Census Bureau division encompassing several southeastern states along the Atlantic coast, including areas such as Georgia.
C. Newfoundland and Labrador shelf
The Newfoundland and Labrador shelf is a broad, shallow marine region off eastern Canada known for its cold waters, rich fisheries, and influence on North Atlantic ocean circulation and ecosystems.
D. North Atlantic coastal ecoregion
The North Atlantic coastal ecoregion is a temperate marine and coastal zone along the northeastern United States characterized by estuaries, bays, and productive nearshore waters supporting diverse marine life and coastal habitats.
E. Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine is a large, biologically rich and cold-water marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the United States and southeastern Canada.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
Target entity description: The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area is an internationally managed marine region in the northwest Atlantic Ocean where member countries coordinate the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources.

A. North Atlantic area
The North Atlantic area is the broad transatlantic region encompassing the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding countries in Europe and North America that form the geographic focus of NATO’s collective security.
B. South Atlantic
The South Atlantic is a U.S. Census Bureau division encompassing several southeastern states along the Atlantic coast, including areas such as Georgia.
C. Newfoundland and Labrador shelf
The Newfoundland and Labrador shelf is a broad, shallow marine region off eastern Canada known for its cold waters, rich fisheries, and influence on North Atlantic ocean circulation and ecosystems.
D. North Atlantic coastal ecoregion
The North Atlantic coastal ecoregion is a temperate marine and coastal zone along the northeastern United States characterized by estuaries, bays, and productive nearshore waters supporting diverse marine life and coastal habitats.
E. Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine is a large, biologically rich and cold-water marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the United States and southeastern Canada.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fisheries management area ⓘ internationally managed area ⓘ marine region ⓘ
appliesTo	vessels flying flags of NAFO Contracting Parties ⓘ
contains	fishing grounds for groundfish species ⓘ fishing grounds for pelagic species ⓘ fishing grounds for shellfish ⓘ
dataUsedBy	scientific assessments of Northwest Atlantic fish stocks ⓘ
environment	marine ⓘ
governedBy	NAFO Convention ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	NAFO area ⓘ linked to: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
hasConservationMeasure	closed areas ⓘ gear restrictions ⓘ total allowable catches ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	NAFO subareas and divisions ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Convention on Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries ⓘ
hasManagementObjective	long-term sustainability of fish stocks ⓘ protection of marine ecosystems ⓘ
hasSubdivision	NAFO Division 0 ⓘ NAFO Division 1 ⓘ NAFO Division 2 ⓘ NAFO Division 3 ⓘ NAFO Division 4 ⓘ NAFO Division 5 ⓘ NAFO Division 6 ⓘ NAFO Division 7 ⓘ NAFO Division 8 ⓘ NAFO Division 9 ⓘ
hasTypeOfBoundary	geographical coordinates ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Northwest Atlantic Ocean ⓘ linked to: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
managedBy	Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization ⓘ linked to: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
monitoredBy	NAFO Secretariat ⓘ NAFO member states ⓘ
overlapsWith	Exclusive Economic Zones of coastal states in the Northwest Atlantic ⓘ
purpose	conservation of fishery resources ⓘ sustainable use of fishery resources ⓘ
regulates	high seas fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic ⓘ
relatedTo	Food and Agriculture Organization fishing area 21 ⓘ Regional Fisheries Management Organization ⓘ linked to: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
sector	international fisheries management ⓘ
shortName	NAFO area ⓘ linked to: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
subjectTo	conservation and enforcement measures adopted by NAFO ⓘ international fisheries law ⓘ
usedFor	allocation of fishing opportunities ⓘ monitoring of fishing activities ⓘ stock assessment ⓘ