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Georges Bank

American  
[jawr-jiz] / ˈdʒɔr dʒɪz /

noun

  1. a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.


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The council said the Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine cod stocks remain overfished.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2021

“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

The other is Georges Bank, also off of New England and facing a distressed cod stock.

From Washington Times Oct. 1, 2014

Churchill swam for two months, and apparently unerringly, while starving to death, up to Georges Bank off Canada, into the Gulf Stream, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

From Scientific American Aug. 9, 2013

Then she snatched the fish into the boat and the bait from its gullet with a motion that Georges Bank codfishermen understand, and then let her bait run quickly down again.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.

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