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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Rebuilding analysis

Fishing; Marine fishery

An analysis that uses biological information to describe the probability that a stock will rebuild within a given time frame under a particular management regime.

Financial ratio

Fishing; Marine fishery

A method of evaluating a firm's financial position. An example is the "current ratio" which is equal to current assets divided by current liabilities.

Cultural landscape

Fishing; Marine fishery

A cluster of beliefs, values, and norms about how places and things on earth are related to human behavor.

Density-independent

Fishing; Marine fishery

External factors that influence all individuals of a population, regardless of population density, such as weather or climate.

Congress defined EFH as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity" (16 U. S. C. 1802(10)). The EFH guidelines under 50 CFR 600. 10 further ...

Fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. Generally, a fishery is an activity leading to harvesting of fish. It may involve capture of wild fish or raising of fish through aquaculture; 2. A unit determined by an authority or other ...

Policy

Fishing; Marine fishery

A fisheries policy is the definite course or method of action, selected from among alternatives, by a government or its mandated fisheries authority, in light of given conditions including legal and ...