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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Pelagic fish

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fish that live in the open ocean at or near the water's surface and usually migrate long distances. Examples include swordfish, tunas, and many species of billfish and shark.

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)

Federal legislation responsible for establishing the fishery management councils (FMCs) and the mandatory and discretionary guidelines for Federal fishery management plans (FMPs). This legislation ...

Rate of exploitation

Fishing; Marine fishery

The fraction, by number, of the fish in a population at a given time, which is caught and killed by man during the year immediately following. The term may also be applied to separate parts of the ...

Traditional rights

Fishing; Marine fishery

Rights of indigenous or traditional people which (to present) have not been considered in a national and international context or have not (yet) been recorded, and which are based on the legal system ...

Spill-over effects

Fishing; Marine fishery

Sometimes referred to as externalities, an unintended effect (positive or negative, benefit or cost) imposed on others and not borne by the party responsible for the effect.

Bycatch

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fish other than the primary target species that are caught incidental to the harvest of the primary species. Bycatch may be retained or discarded. Discards may occur for regulatory or economic ...