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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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Fecundity
Fishing; Marine fishery
The potential reproductive capacity of an organism or population expressed in the number of eggs (or offspring) produced during each reproductive cycle. Fecundity usually increases with age and ...
Bag limit
Fishing; Marine fishery
The number and/or size of a species that a person can legally take in a day or trip. This may or may not be the same as a possession limit.
Robustness
Fishing; Marine fishery
The capacity of a population to persist in the presence of fishing. This depends on the existence of compensatory mechanisms.
Environmental impact statement (EIS)
Fishing; Marine fishery
As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, an EIS is an analysis of the expected impacts resulting from a proposed Federal action (such as fisheries management or a development ...
Programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS)
Fishing; Marine fishery
An environmental impact statement (EIS) that applies to an entire programme or management regime, rather than a specific action.
Set gillnet
Fishing; Marine fishery
A gillnet fixed to the bottom, or at a certain distance above it, by means of anchors or ballast sufficiently heavy to neutralise the buoyancy of the floats.
Opportunity costs
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. Defined as the benefit foregone by using a resource for one purpose instead of its next best alternative. Typically applied to capital and labour inputs to reflect their real costs to society as ...
