Marine fishery

Marine fishery

The study and management of living marine resources and their habitat for the sustainable use of those resources and continued productivity, abundance.

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Fishing capacity

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The ability of a stock of inputs (capital) to produce output (measured as either effort or catch); 2. The maximum amount of fish over a period of time (year, season) that can be produced by a ...

1. An overfished stock or stock complex "whose size is sufficiently small that a change in management practises is required to achieve an appropriate level and rate of rebuilding". A stock or stock ...

Reference point

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A reference point indicates a particular state of a fishery indicator corresponding to a situation considered as desirable (target reference point) or undesirable and requiring immediate action ...

EFH assessment

Fishing; Marine fishery

An EFH assessment is a written assessment of the effects of a proposed Federal action on EFH. Federal agencies must provide the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with an EFH assessment for ...

Environmental assessment (EA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, an EA is a concise public document that provides evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an environmental impact ...

Stock assessment and fishery evaluation report (SAFE)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A report that provides a summary of the most recent biological condition of a stock of fish and the economic and social condition of the recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen, and seafood ...

National standard guidelines

Fishing; Marine fishery

Advisory guidelines issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to provide comprehensive guidance for the development of fishery management plans and amendments that comply with the ...