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gptkbp:instanceOf
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submarine plateau
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gptkbp:affects
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gptkb:Gulf_Stream
gptkb:Labrador_Current
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gptkbp:area
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about 93,200 square kilometers
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gptkbp:climate
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cold and foggy
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gptkbp:codMoratoriumYear
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1992
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gptkbp:contains
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oil fields
gas fields
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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gptkb:Northeast_Newfoundland_Shelf_(with_France)
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gptkbp:depthRange
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25 to 100 meters
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gptkbp:ecosystem
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highly productive
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:John_Cabot
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gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans
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late 15th century
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gptkbp:governedBy
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Canada (most of area)
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gptkbp:historicallyFishedBy
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Grand Banks
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gptkbp:knownFor
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shipwrecks
icebergs
dense fog
rich fishing grounds
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Northwest_Atlantic_Ocean
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gptkbp:locatedOffCoastOf
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gptkb:Newfoundland
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gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity
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fishing
petroleum extraction
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gptkbp:majorFishSpecies
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gptkb:capelin
gptkb:American_plaice
Atlantic cod
haddock
halibut
redfish
pollock
yellowtail flounder
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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shallow sandbanks
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Ocean Ranger disaster in 1982
Titanic sank nearby in 1912
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gptkbp:overfishingLedTo
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collapse of cod stocks
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:continental_shelf_of_North_America
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:North_Atlantic
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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