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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Nursery

Fishing; Marine fishery

That part of a fish's or animal's habitat where the young develop and grow.

Nearshore

Fishing; Marine fishery

Shallow waters at a small distance from the shore.

The equipment used for fishing (e.g. gillnet, hand line, harpoon, haul seine, long line, bottom and midwater trawls, purse seine, rod-and-reel, pots and traps). Each of these gears can have multiple ...

Community development quota (CDQ)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Programme in western Alaska under which a percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) of Bering Sea commercial fisheries is allocated to specific communities. Communities eligible for this ...