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North Equatorial Current

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noun

  1. a westward-flowing ocean current occurring north of the equator in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.


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Called “detached fish aggregating devices,” or FADS, the sometimes raft-like structures can get sucked into the North Equatorial Current and travel as far as the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida.

From Washington Times