Question
Write a note on Gulf Stream Current and its significance to fishing.
Solution
Gulf Stream Current: It begins from the Florida strait and flows northward and eastward along the east coast of the U.S.A. It continues northward to the vicinity of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Here heavy fogs form along the boundary where it meets the cold Labrador Current. This mixing helps the planktons. So this area is considered as one of the best fishing grounds of the world.
This current is responsible for mild climate throughout the North West Europe. Even in winters Norwegian parts along the Atlantic are ice-free most of the time. From the Grand Bank the Gulf Stream Current flows eastward across the Atlantic. On reaching the British Isles it divides into two branches, the northern branch and southern branch and flows between Spain and Azores.
