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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production

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The total output especially of a commodity or an industry; 2. The total living matter (biomass) produced by a stock through growth and recruitment in a given unit of time (e.g. daily, annual ...

subsistence fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

A fishery where the fish caught are shared and consumed directly by the families and kin of the fishers rather than being sold at the next larger market.

stock structure

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The spatial organization of a species in terms of the genetic structure of the species across geographic space (e.g., a species of large pelagic fish (tunas) may be composed of three separate ...

policymaker

Fishing; Marine fishery

A person with power to influence or determine policies and practices at an international, national, regional, or local level.

fork length

Fishing; Marine fishery

A measurement used frequently for fish length when the tail has a fork shape. Projected straight distance between the tip of the snout and the fork of the tail.

EFH consultation

Fishing; Marine fishery

An EFH consultation refers to the process of satisfying the Federal agency consultation and response requirements of section 305(b)(2) and 305(b)(4)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and the EFH ...

A description of a condition and dynamics of the resource and the fishery, including parameters such as stock abundance, age structure, fishing mortality, the economic condition of the industry and ...