Grand Banks of Newfoundland

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continental shelf fishing ground underwater plateau

The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a group of shallow underwater plateaus in the North Atlantic Ocean renowned as one of the world’s richest fishing grounds.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Grand Banks 4
Grand Banks fishing grounds 2
Grand Banks of Newfoundland canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf ⓘ
fishing ground ⓘ
underwater plateau ⓘ
adjacentTo Newfoundland and Labrador shelf ⓘ
surface form: Labrador Shelf

Scotian Shelf ⓘ
approximateDepth 25 to 100 meters ⓘ
associatedWithEvent collapse of Atlantic cod stocks in early 1990s ⓘ
climatePhenomenon frequent sea fog from mixing of cold and warm currents ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
offshore oil and gas exploration ⓘ
ecoregion Northwest Atlantic marine ecosystem ⓘ
feature frequent fog ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ
geologicalOrigin sedimentary basin on the passive margin of North America ⓘ
governedBy Canadian fisheries regulations (within Canadian EEZ portions) ⓘ
hasHazard dense fog affecting navigation ⓘ
icebergs drifting from Greenland ⓘ
historicallyFishedBy Basque fishermen ⓘ
English fishermen ⓘ
French fishermen ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Atlantic Canada

Portuguese fishermen ⓘ
importance key habitat for migratory fish and marine mammals ⓘ
major global fishing area ⓘ
knownFor abundant marine life ⓘ
historically important cod fishery ⓘ
rich fishing grounds ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Canada ⓘ
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland
majorTargetSpecies Atlantic cod ⓘ
capelin ⓘ
haddock ⓘ
halibut ⓘ
redfish ⓘ
shrimp ⓘ
snow crab ⓘ
managementIssue international fisheries regulation ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
nearbyPoliticalEntity Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
oceanCurrentInfluence Gulf Stream ⓘ
Labrador Current ⓘ
partlyBeyond Canadian exclusive economic zone ⓘ
partOf continental shelf of North America ⓘ
region Northwest Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Atlantic Ocean

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Definitive Treaty of Peace → fishingRightsArea → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
North Atlantic right whale → knownFeedingArea → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scotian Shelf
Harvey Cheyne → associatedWith → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks
Captain Disko Troop → workLocation → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks fishing grounds
Hibernia → locatedIn → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks
Terra Nova → locatedIn → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks
North Atlantic fisheries → includesRegion → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
Andrea Gail → locationOfLastContact → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland region
Andrea Gail → operatingArea → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks
Manuel Fidello → associatedWithSetting → Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks fishing grounds