Denmark Strait

If I want a scene on a Scottish trawler in the Denmark Strait, I'll find an old fishing skipper in the Scottish town of Peterhead and ask him to tell me what it was like.

How to Keep a Thriller Real 2011

The flow continues as a subsurface boundary current over the slope off East Greenland all the way to Denmark Strait with the core descending en route [22].

Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic 2009

In 1976, an oceanic summer fishery began north of Iceland and in the Denmark Strait.

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

Most juvenile capelin aged 0, 1, and 2 years reside on or near the shelf off northern Iceland and on the East Greenland plateau west of the Denmark Strait (Fig. 13.7).

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

Unlike other commercial stocks, adult capelin undertake extensive feeding migrations northward into the cold waters of the Denmark Strait and the Iceland Sea during summer.

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

The Iceland branch flows northward on the eastern side of the Denmark Strait.

Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic 2009

Near multi-year ice in the Arctic Ocean, melting is delayed until July, resulting in a short growing season [18], and in the ice-filled regions of the Greenland Sea, late melting can delay the ice-edge bloom until late May as far south as the Denmark Strait [19].

Physical factors mediating ecological change in the Artic 2009

Inflow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas occurs across the Greenland – Scotland Ridge along its total extent except for the westernmost part of the Denmark Strait.

Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic 2009

When the Denmark Strait and Faroe Bank Channel overflow waters join in the region southeast of Greenland, they have been warmed to 2 to 3° C, typical of the North Atlantic Deep Water.

Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic 2009

On the other hand, the summer feeding migrations of maturing capelin into the colder waters of the Denmark Strait and the Iceland Sea place the larger part of the adult stock out of reach of most fish, except Greenland halibut, for about five to six months.

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009