Georges Bank
Americannoun
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“Here we are 20 years later and we’ve got more Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank haddock than has ever been detected in the last 100 years,” he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016
Fishermen pursue the fish in the Gulf of Maine and, farther off New England, the shallows of Georges Bank, both of which have experienced dramatic temperature rise.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2016
The other is Georges Bank, also off of New England and facing a distressed cod stock.
From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2014
There, the dying animal visited the heads of deep ocean canyons that are cut into the North American coastal platform before returning to Georges Bank and, in Stormy’s words, “hanging out.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013
View Table Enlarged By far the largest percentage of the swordfish catch landed in the ports of Boston, Gloucester, and Portland comes from Georges Bank.
From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Rich, Walter H.
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