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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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Size limit
Fishing; Marine fishery
A minimum or maximum limit on the size of fish that may be legally be caught.
Rent
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. In a sole ownership fishery, the difference between the total revenues obtained from the fishery resource and the total costs of production, i.e. capital and labour valued at their opportunity ...
Risk assessment
Fishing; Marine fishery
A process of evaluation including the identification of the attendant uncertainties, of the likelihood and severity of an adverse effect(s)/event(s) occurring to man or the environment following ...
Selectivity
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. Ability to target and capture fish by size and species during harvesting operations, allowing bycatch of juvenile fish and nontarget species to escape unharmed; 2. In stock assessment, ...
Surface water
Fishing; Marine fishery
All water naturally open to the atmosphere, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, and so on. The term also covers springs, wells or other collectors of water ...
Control date
Fishing; Marine fishery
Date established for defining the pool of potential participants in a given management program. Control dates can establish a range of years during which a potential participant must have been ...
Catch curve
Fishing; Marine fishery
A breakdown of different age groups of fish, showing the decrease in numbers of fish caught as the fish become older and less numerous or less available. Catch curves are often used to estimate ...
