Banks are the plate on the continental shelves. These banks have a no.of advantages for being popular as most suitable fishing areas. Nearest to coast negligible traffic and pollution provision of photosynthesis for plankton growth and bulk fishing are some of them .
Some important banks famous for commercial fishing:
The Agulhas bank is a board shallow part of the southern African Continental shelf which extends 250 km. It is the ocean region where the warm Indians oceans And cold Atlantic ocean meet. And, meeting of the oceans here also fuels the nutrients cycles for marine life making it one off the best fishing grounds in south Africa.
The dogger bank is a large bank with sand floor in a shallow area if the north sea about 100 km off the east coast of England. It extends over approximately 17,600sq.km with its dimension being about 260 km long and up to 98 km board. It is a product fishing bank with cod and herring being caught in large nu!ers. This bank has been identified as an oceanic environment that exhibits high primary productivity throughout the year in the form of phytoplankton.
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