Grand Bank(s)

Grand Bank(s)
a shoal area (about 50 fathoms deep) south and east of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, the greatest cod fishery in the world until recently (1990s) and supporting many other commercial species. Many specialised words or words with special meanings derive from this fishery

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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