Nicholas Sullivan - The Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age

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Fishing Grounds off the Northeastern Coast of the United States. The Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, Nantucket Shoals, and the Mid-Atlantic Bight are major fishing grounds off the US Northeast coast. The light gray shade in this ocean map denotes the continental shelf of the United States. The dotted line denotes the US exclusive economic zone, 200 miles off the coast, and also marks the division between Canadian and US waters in Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Copyright Michelle Bachman.

2022 Nicholas P. Sullivan

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ISBN-13: 978-1-64283-218-1 (electronic)

For my wife, Deborah Kovacs,
who swims with the fishes,
for her love, support, encouragement, and advice.