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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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Supporting services
Fishing; Marine fishery
Ecosystem services those are necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services. Some examples include biomass production, production of atmospheric oxygen, soil formation and retention, ...
Cost-benefit analysis
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. A comparison of the economic benefits and costs of a project, policy, or regulation; 2. A comparison of the economic benefits of using a resource to the opportunity cost if the resource is used. ...
Primary production
Fishing; Marine fishery
Assimilation (gross) or accumulation (net) of energy and nutrients by green plants and by organisms that use inorganic compounds as food.
Elasmobranch
Fishing; Marine fishery
Describes a group of fish without a hard bony skeleton, including sharks, skates, and rays.
Intrinsic growth rate (R)
Fishing; Marine fishery
A value that quantifies how much a population can grow between successive time periods. The intrinsic growth rate is often estimated with production models and plays an important role in evaluating ...
Parameter
Fishing; Marine fishery
A "constant" or numerical description of some property of a population (which may be real or imaginary).
Smolt
Fishing; Marine fishery
An adolescent salmon which has metamorphosed and which is found on its way downstream toward the sea.
