Scotian Shelf

E521362

continental shelf marine ecoregion

The Scotian Shelf is a broad, shallow continental shelf off Atlantic Canada known for its rich marine ecosystems and important commercial fisheries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Scotian Shelf canonical	3
North Atlantic continental shelves	1
Northwest Atlantic shelf system	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental shelf ⓘ marine ecoregion ⓘ
averageDepth	less than 200 metres ⓘ
borders	Georges Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	broad shallow waters ⓘ
climate	temperate marine ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
economicActivity	commercial fishing ⓘ offshore oil and gas exploration ⓘ
ecoregionClassification	Scotian Shelf marine ecozone ⓘ
extendsFrom	southwestern Nova Scotia ⓘ
extendsTo	southern tip of Newfoundland ⓘ
hasConservationMeasure	fisheries management plans ⓘ marine protected areas ⓘ
hasFeature	shelf break ⓘ submarine banks ⓘ submarine valleys ⓘ
hasProcess	seasonal stratification ⓘ strong nutrient upwelling ⓘ
influencedBy	Gulf Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Labrador Current NERFINISHED ⓘ tidal mixing ⓘ
knownFor	high biological productivity ⓘ important commercial fisheries ⓘ rich marine ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Northwest Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Fisheries and Oceans Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
offCoastOf	New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Canadian Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ North American continental shelf ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Atlantic cod ⓘ haddock ⓘ herring ⓘ lobster ⓘ mackerel ⓘ pollock ⓘ scallops ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ snow crab ⓘ whales ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ

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

Georges Bank → borderedBy → Scotian Shelf ⓘ

Great South Channel → isPartOf → Scotian Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Atlantic shelf system

Grand Banks of Newfoundland → adjacentTo → Scotian Shelf ⓘ

Eurasian continental margin → relatedTo → Scotian Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic continental shelves

Merluccius bilinearis → distributionRegion → Scotian Shelf ⓘ