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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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Cohort replacement rate
Fishing; Marine fishery
The rate at which each subsequent cohort or generation replaces the previous one.
Capability
Fishing; Marine fishery
The ability to do something with the capacity you have; the capacity to be used, treated, or developed for a specific purpose.
Large fluctuations
Fishing; Marine fishery
Large fluctuations occur in a number of species where the population size or area of distribution varies widely, rapidly, and frequently, with a variation greater than one order of magnitude.
Flow
Fishing; Marine fishery
Fishing mortality rate corresponding to an equilibrium spawning potential ratio equal to the inverse of the 10th percentile observed survival ratio.
Directed fishery
Fishing; Marine fishery
Fishing that is directed at a certain species or group of species. This applies to both sport and commercial fishing.
Abyssal zone
Fishing; Marine fishery
The bottom from a depth of approximately 4,000 metres to 7,000 meters.
Shoaling fish
Fishing; Marine fishery
Species of relatively small (usually pelagic) fish that congregate in large schools, such as anchoveta and sardines.
