Bacarro Bank

Off the southern coast of Nova Scotia, Baccaro Bank rises from the western Scotian Shelf among a succession of fishing grounds extending towards Browns and LaHave Banks. Haddock gather along its southern edge to spawn, while cod, haddock and pollock have long been among the principal groundfish sought in the waters off Nova Scotia. The banks lie beyond a coast of low headlands and sheltered bays, open to the Atlantic and its changing weather.