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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goods and services

Fishing; Marine fishery

Any commodities or nonmaterial goods (services) such as assistance or accommodations that yield positive utility.

non-governmental organization (NGO)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Any organization that is not a part of Federal, state, territorial, or municipal government. In fisheries, usually refers to nonprofit organizations involved in environmental issues and activities.

Benefits that are not, or cannot be, directly measured in terms of monetary units. These include the satisfaction realized from enjoying a certain way of life or style of work, such as fishing in a ...

fishing capacity

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The ability of a stock of inputs (capital) to produce output (measured as either effort or catch); 2. The maximum amount of fish over a period of time (year, season) that can be produced by a ...

environmental assessment (EA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, an EA is a concise public document that provides evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an environmental impact ...

reference point

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A reference point indicates a particular state of a fishery indicator corresponding to a situation considered as desirable (target reference point) or undesirable and requiring immediate action ...

EFH assessment

Fishing; Marine fishery

An EFH assessment is a written assessment of the effects of a proposed Federal action on EFH. Federal agencies must provide the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with an EFH assessment for ...