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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Steady state

Fishing; Marine fishery

A population in a steady state may fluctuate about a mean but does not increase or decline in a systematic way with time.

Fjord

Fishing; Marine fishery

An estuary with a seaward sill that is formed in a deep valley created by a retreating glacier.

Stakeholder

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A large group of individuals and groups of individuals (including governmental and non-governmental institutions, traditional communities, universities, research institutions, development ...

EFH consultation

Fishing; Marine fishery

An EFH consultation refers to the process of satisfying the Federal agency consultation and response requirements of section 305(b)(2) and 305(b)(4)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and the EFH ...

Distinct population segment (DPS)

A DPS, or a distinct population segment, is a vertebrate population or group of populations that is discrete from other populations of the species and significant in relation to the entire species. ...

Allowable biological catch (ABC)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A term that refers to the range of estimated allowable catch for a species of species group. It is set each year by a scientific group. The ABC estimates are used to set the annual total allowable ...

States of nature

Fishing; Marine fishery

A description of a condition and dynamics of the resource and the fishery, including parameters such as stock abundance, age structure, fishing mortality, the economic condition of the industry and ...