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    The Mid-Atlantic Bight is a coastal region running from Massachusetts to North Carolina. It contains the New York Bight. It is separated from the South...
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    Bight German Bight or Heligoland Bight Great Australian Bight McKenzie Bight Mecklenburg Bight Mid-Atlantic Bight New York Bight North Taranaki Bight...
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  • divided into two regions: the Gulf of Maine section, and that of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The Gulf of Maine subsection of the NEUS Continental Shelf is characterized...
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    Jonah crab (category Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean)
    populations at higher latitudes, occurring in the early spring in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and in the fall in Maine. Eggs are brooded for 5–6 months before hatching...
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    "Distribution and Habitat of Chain Dogfish, Scyliorhinus retifer, in the Mid-Atlantic Bight". Copeia. 1991 (1): 231–234. doi:10.2307/1446270. JSTOR 1446270. Compagno...
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    in the Mid-Atlantic Bight south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 2024, the Coastal Pioneer Array was relocated to the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight, between...
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    Illex illecebrosus (category Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean)
    than a year. The location of the fishery of the squid is mainly in Mid-Atlantic Bight from between summer and fall. Northern shortfin squid is a moderately-sized...
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    Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, ranging from George's Bank in Massachusetts, to Nicaragua and Barbados. In the Mid-Atlantic Bight, the chain...
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    enslaved during the Atlantic slave trade. An estimated 14.6% of all enslaved people were taken from the Bight of Biafra, a bay of the Atlantic Ocean that extends...
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    red deepsea crab (Chaceon quinquedens) at 4 sampling sites in the Mid-Atlantic Bight". Fishery Bulletin. 114 (3): 343–359. doi:10.7755/fb.114.3.7. ISSN 0090-0656...
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    summer and early autumn; spring spawning may also take place in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The females of scallops are highly fecund, capable of producing hundreds...
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    ; McAllister, Don E. (1979-06-01). "Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. An Atlas of egg, larval and juvenile stages". Journal of the Fisheries...
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    Georges Bank (category Fishing areas of the Atlantic Ocean)
    then westward along the southern flank, mostly emptying into the Mid-Atlantic Bight (the continental shelf ocean between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank)...
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    population increased by 18-fold on Georges Bank and by 8-fold in the Mid-Atlantic Bight region. The state of Maine has an inshore (within 3 miles) winter...
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    energy-poor ecosystem dictates low population densities. Along the Mid-Atlantic Bight, a density of 0–8 fish per 25 x 103 m2 has been reported. Deepsea...
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    (November–December 2008). "A Regional Slocum Glider Network in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Leverages Broad Community Engagement" (PDF). Marine Technology Society...
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  • in the Atlantic Ocean and that it would not be exposed to the freezing temperatures characteristic of the Great Lakes. The Mid-Atlantic Bight offers the...
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    Ethiopia, was applied to the southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century. During the Age of Discovery, the Atlantic was also known to English cartographers...
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    Sei whale (category Cetaceans of the Atlantic Ocean)
    from recordings in the Gulf of Maine, New England shelf waters, the mid-Atlantic Bight, and in Davis Strait. It likely functions as a contact call. BBC News...
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    Great northern tilefish (category Fish of the Western Atlantic)
    March to November. Peak spawning occurs during May to September in Mid-Atlantic Bight regions, differences in temperatures affect the breeding time. In...
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    "Anguillidae through Syngnathidae". Development of fishes of the mid-Atlantic bight. Vol. II. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Service Program...
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    Hardhead catfish (category Fish of the Western Atlantic)
    F.D. Martin, J.D. Hardy Jr. (1978). Development of fishes of the mid-Atlantic Bight: an atlas of egg, larval, and juvenile stages. Volume I: Acipenseridae...
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    Short-finned pilot whale (category Cetaceans of the Atlantic Ocean)
    "Movement and foraging behaviour of short-finned pilot whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: importance of bathymetric features and implications for management"...
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  • Martin, F.D. and Hardy Jr., J.D. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic bight: An atlas of egg, larval and juvenile stages; Acipenseridae through...
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    American eel (category Fish of the Western Atlantic)
    Administration Hardy, J.D., Jr. (1978) Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An Atlas of Egg, Larval, and Juvenile Stages. Volume II – Anguillidae...
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    western Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA. They are most abundant in the northern Mid-Atlantic Bight and the...
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  • specific regions: for example, the ESPreSSO model is used to study the Mid-Atlantic Bight region. Integrated ocean modeling systems often use data from buoys...
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    (Ghana and east of Ivory Coast): 10.4% Bight of Benin (Togo, Benin and Nigeria west of the Niger Delta): 20.2% Bight of Biafra (Nigeria east of the Niger...
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    Mexico, the English Channel, the Labrador Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the North Channel, the Norwegian Sea, and the waters...
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  • well-defined current. Examples of shelf-break fronts occur in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Bay of Biscay. Near coastal zones, winds blowing parallel to the...
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