U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank Program

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Peter Wiebe | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Beardsley | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

David Mountain | National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Ann Bucklin | University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

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As entertainingly documented in Mark Kurlansky's best selling book Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, the waters off the east coast of the North American continent have long supported important fisheries. The Basques routinely fished these waters before Columbus sailed to the new world. The economic and social importance of the fish catch influenced European politics and diplomacy well before the American Revolution. Along the coast between Cape Hatteras and Newfoundland, Georges Bank is among the most productive regions for cod and other fish species.

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Citation

Wiebe, P., R. Beardsley, D. Mountain, and A. Bucklin. 2002. U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank Program. Oceanography 15(2):13–29, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2002.18.

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