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

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

Instead of sensibly living off nature's interest, many fisheries have mined the wild capital, and famous fishing banks lie bankrupt, including the revered cod grounds of New England and Atlantic Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The divers bring in the oysters from the fishing banks in the Gulf, and pile them on the shore in great heaps.

From Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various