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

Fishing; Marine fishery

Waters that receive no freshwater input from the land and are substantially of full oceanic salinity (>30 practical salinity units (PSU) throughout the year).

Social impacts

Fishing; Marine fishery

The changes in people, families, and communities resulting from a fishery management decision.

Finfish

Fishing; Marine fishery

Vertebrate and cartilanginous fishery species, not including crustaceans, cephalopds, or other mollusks.

Catcher vessel

Fishing; Marine fishery

Vessel that harvests fish but does not have onboard processing capacity.

Neritic coastal zone

Fishing; Marine fishery

The pelagic marine environment above and on the continental shelf, landward of the shelf-slope break and having a depth of 30 to 200 meters.

Recruits

Fishing; Marine fishery

The numbers of young fish that survive (from birth) to a specific age or grow to a specific size. The specific age or size at which recruitment is measured may correspond to when the young fish ...

Fishing method using a horizontal mainline to which weights and baited hooks are attached at regular intervals. The horizonal mainline is connected to the surface by floats. The mainline can extend ...