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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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Gillnet
Fishing; Marine fishery
With this type of gear, the fish are gilled, entangled or enmeshed in the netting. These nets can be used either alone or, as is more usual, in large numbers placed in line. According to their ...
Slope
Fishing; Marine fishery
The slope seaward from the shelf edge to the beginning of a continental rise or the point where there is a general reduction in slope.
Species assemblage
Fishing; Marine fishery
Group of species co-occurring in a given area and likely to be caught together in a given gear.
Trophic group
Fishing; Marine fishery
Group of organisms eating resources from a similar level in the energy cycle.
Biota
Fishing; Marine fishery
The plant and animal life characteristic of a specific region or biosphere, or given time period.
National Standard 10
Fishing; Marine fishery
Requires that "conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable, promote the safety of human life at sea".
Exploitation pattern
Fishing; Marine fishery
The distribution of fishing mortality over the age composition of the fish population, determined by the type of fishing gear, area and seasonal distribution of fishing, and the growth and migration ...
