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fishing banks 
an extensive offshore shelf where fish abound, specifically the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland and Labrador.
See also: Grand Banks
- 1765 A Practice, for some Time, has been carried on by Fisher-men and others, fishing on the Banks and other Places in this Province, of throwing the Offals of the Fish on the said Fishing-Banks and other places, to the great prejudice of the Fishery.
- 1818 In the fishing season, it is resorted to by at least 10,000 people, on account of the fishing banks.
- 1958 This is the Nova Scotia trawler Sheila Patricia that caught fire off the east coast on her way to the fishing banks.
- 1765 A Practice, for some Time, has been carried on by Fisher-men and others, fishing on the Banks and other Places in this Province, of throwing the Offals of the Fish on the said Fishing-Banks and other places, to the great prejudice of the Fishery.