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

Over-exploitation

Fishing; Marine fishery

Rate of exploitation where the resource stock is drawn below the size that, on average, would support the long-term maximum sustainable yield (MSY) of the fishery.

Sedentary species

Fishing; Marine fishery

Organisms which, at the harvest stage, either are immobile on or under the seafloor or are unable to move except in constant physical contact with the seafloor or the subsoil.

Nominal catch

Fishing; Marine fishery

The sum of the catches that are landed (expressed as live weight or equivalents). Nominal catches do not include unreported discards.

Norms

Fishing; Marine fishery

The understood rules for appropriate behavior. This is broader than social organisation and includes nonsocial behavior.

Community

Fishing; Marine fishery

The populations that live and interact physically and temporally in the same area.

Indigenous fishing

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing undertaken by peoples native to a land or region.

Fixed gear

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing gear that is stationary after it is deployed (unlike trawl or troll gear which is moving when it is actively fishing). Fixed gear includes gillnets, long lines, pots, traps, and any other ...