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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Marine fishery

Year class

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fish in a stock born in the same year. For example, the 1987 year class of cod includes all cod born in 1987. This year class would be age 1 in 1988, age 2 in 1989, and so on. Occasionally, a ...

Continental slope

Fishing; Marine fishery

Part of the continental margin; the ocean floor from the continental shelf to the continental rise or oceanic trench. Usually to a depth of about 200 meters. The continental slope typically has a ...

Preferred alternative

Fishing; Marine fishery

The alternative that is identified as preferred by the authors of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment. It is identified to indicate which alternative is likely to be ...

Recreational fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

Harvesting fish for personal use, sport, and challenge (e.g. as opposed to profit or research). Recreational fishing does not include sale, barter, or trade of all or part of the catch.

Fhigh

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing mortality rate corresponding to an equilibrium spawning potential ratio equal to the inverse of the 90th percentile observed survival ratio.

Incidental catch

Fishing; Marine fishery

Retained or discarded nontarget species caught when fishing for the primary purpose of catching a different species.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Passed by Congress in 1969, NEPA requires Federal agencies to consider the environment when making decisions regarding their programs. Section 102(2)(C) requires Federal agencies to prepare an ...