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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deterministic

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A deterministic process or model does not take account or include any stochastic (random) variability. The opposite is a stochastic model; 2. A model whose behavior is fully specified by its ...

native species

Fishing; Marine fishery

A local species that has not been introduced.

primary productivity

Fishing; Marine fishery

A measurement of plant production that is the start of the food chain. Much primary productivity in marine or aquatic systems is made up of phytoplankton, which are one-celled algae that float ...

compensatory growth

Fishing; Marine fishery

An increase in growth rate shown by fishes when their populations fall below a certain level; possibly caused by decreased competition between individuals for food or space.

charter boat

Fishing; Marine fishery

Any vessel-for-hire engaged in recreational fishing and hired for a charter fee by an individual or group of individuals (for the exclusive use of that individual or group of individuals), which ...

individual transferable quota (ITQ)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A type of individual fishing quota (IFQ) allocated to individual fishermen or vessel owners that can be transferred (sold or leased) to others.

biomass (B)

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. Or standing stock. The total weight of a group (or stock) of living organisms (e.g. fish, plankton) or of some defined fraction of it (e.g. spawners) in an area, at a particular time; 2. ...