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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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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 ...
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