Georges Bank
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has described the fish as “significantly below target population levels” on Georges Bank, a key fishing ground.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
“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
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
Cod are plentiful here in winter, though fewer vessels fish here than on Georges Bank, at that season.
From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Walter H. Rich
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