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.

Industry: Fishing

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National Standard 7

Fishing; Marine fishery

Requires that "conservation and management measures shall, where practicable, minimise costs and avoid unnecessary duplication. "

Net present value

Fishing; Marine fishery

The value of an enterprise at the present time, after applying the process of discounting its costs and benefits.

The amount of fishing gear of a specific type used on the fishing grounds over a given unit of time (e.g. hours trawled per day, number of hooks set per day, or number of hauls of a beach seine per ...

Cumulative catch limit

Fishing; Marine fishery

The total allowable amount of a species or species group, by weight, that a vessel may take and retain, possess, or land during a period of time. Fishers may take as many landings of a species or ...

Management authority

Fishing; Marine fishery

The legal entity that has been assigned by a state or states with a mandate to perform certain specified management functions in relation to a fishery, or an area (e.g. a coastal zone). Generally ...

Ecotourism

Fishing; Marine fishery

Tourism involving travel to areas of natural or ecological interest for non-consumptive purposes such as observing wildlife or learning about the environment.