fishing banks

American  

plural noun

1. a relatively shallow area of the sea in which fish are usually abundant.

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Etymology

Origin of fishing banks

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

A race of hardy men who for centuries wrested a precarious living from the offshore fishing banks, Newfoundlanders are turning away from the sea to more rewarding work ashore.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fishermen fear that oil spills and giant rigs will destroy their fishing banks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her hull, rigging and spars sheathed in ice, the schooner Mary E. O'Hara, of Boston, turned tail to the fishing banks last week and headed for home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Headed for the Newfoundland fishing banks, Andrews is still trying to sort out the spies among his crew when he comes across a disabled mother ship for German U-boats disguised as a Danish schooner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fishing banks off Sandy Hook and Long Branch yield thousands of these fish annually.

From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan