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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catchability

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. In general, the extent to which a stock is susceptible to fishing.

A social process through which the findings of science concerning the causes of ecosystem change, their consequences for human well-being, and management and policy options are brought to bear on the ...

EFH conservation recommendation

Fishing; Marine fishery

EFH conservation recommendations are recommendations provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to a Federal or state agency pursuant to section 305(b)(4)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act ...

household

Fishing; Marine fishery

All the persons, kin and non-kin, who live in the same dwelling and share income, expenses, and daily subsistence tasks. A basic unit for sociocultural and economic analysis, a household may consist ...

moratorium

Fishing; Marine fishery

A mandatory cessation of fishing activities on a species (e.g. the blue whale), in an area (e.g. a sanctuary), with a particular gear (e.g. large scale driftnets), and for a specified period of time ...

endangered species

Fishing; Marine fishery

A species as defined in the Endangered Species Act, that is in danger of extinction through a significant portion of its range. A species classified as threatened is likely to become an endangered ...