FAO Major Fishing Area 47
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FAO Major Fishing Area 47 is the FAO-designated statistical fishing region covering the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of southern Africa.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FAO Major Fishing Area 47 canonical | 2 |
| FAO Major Fishing Areas system | 1 |
| FAO fishing area classifications | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2712507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAO Major Fishing Area 47 Context triple: [FAO Major Fishing Area 34, borderedBy, FAO Major Fishing Area 47]
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A.
FAO Major Fishing Area 34
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 is an internationally designated Atlantic Ocean fishing zone encompassing the marine waters off West Africa, including the Gulf of Guinea.
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B.
FAO Major Fishing Area 31
FAO Major Fishing Area 31 is a designated FAO fishing region in the western Atlantic Ocean used for the management and statistical monitoring of marine fisheries.
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C.
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area is an internationally managed marine region in the northwest Atlantic Ocean where member countries coordinate the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources.
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D.
North Atlantic fisheries
North Atlantic fisheries are rich, historically significant fishing grounds in the northern Atlantic Ocean that have long supported commercial fishing industries and coastal communities in Europe and North America.
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E.
the Mariana Trench region
The Mariana Trench region is the deepest known part of Earth’s oceans, characterized by extreme pressures, unique deep-sea ecosystems, and its location in the western Pacific Ocean near converging tectonic plates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAO Major Fishing Area 47 Target entity description: FAO Major Fishing Area 47 is the FAO-designated statistical fishing region covering the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of southern Africa.
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A.
FAO Major Fishing Area 34
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 is an internationally designated Atlantic Ocean fishing zone encompassing the marine waters off West Africa, including the Gulf of Guinea.
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B.
FAO Major Fishing Area 31
FAO Major Fishing Area 31 is a designated FAO fishing region in the western Atlantic Ocean used for the management and statistical monitoring of marine fisheries.
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C.
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area is an internationally managed marine region in the northwest Atlantic Ocean where member countries coordinate the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources.
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D.
North Atlantic fisheries
North Atlantic fisheries are rich, historically significant fishing grounds in the northern Atlantic Ocean that have long supported commercial fishing industries and coastal communities in Europe and North America.
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E.
the Mariana Trench region
The Mariana Trench region is the deepest known part of Earth’s oceans, characterized by extreme pressures, unique deep-sea ecosystems, and its location in the western Pacific Ocean near converging tectonic plates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FAO Major Fishing Area
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marine fishing area ⓘ statistical fishing region ⓘ |
| appliesTo | marine capture fisheries ⓘ |
| definedIn |
FAO Major Fishing Area 47
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FAO fishing area classifications
|
| designatedBy |
Food and Agriculture Organization
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surface form:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
|
| governedBy | international fisheries agreements ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Area 47 ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType | statistical boundary ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | marine ⓘ |
| hasFAOCode | 47 ⓘ |
| hasMainWaterBody | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasWaterBodyType | oceanic waters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
southeast Atlantic Ocean
|
| locatedOffCoastOf |
Angola
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Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
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| partOf |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
FAO Major Fishing Area 47 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FAO Major Fishing Areas system
|
| usedBy |
FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Department
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national fisheries agencies ⓘ regional fisheries management organizations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fisheries management
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fishery statistics collection ⓘ marine resource assessment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: FAO Major Fishing Area 47 Description of subject: FAO Major Fishing Area 47 is the FAO-designated statistical fishing region covering the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of southern Africa.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FAO Major Fishing Areas system
this entity surface form:
FAO fishing area classifications