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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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maximum likelihood
Fishing; Marine fishery
A statistical criterion for the estimation of parameters in models. Maximum likelihood methods aim to maximize the likelihood (or probability) of having collected the observed data, given ...
population model
Fishing; Marine fishery
A component of a stock assessment model, made up of formulations that describe how the population changes from one time period to the next. The types of population models vary depending on the ...
salt marsh
Fishing; Marine fishery
A macrohabitat comprised of emergent rooted macrophytes in a soft sedimentary substrate tolerant of long periods of partial submersion along the shores of estuaries and sheltered coasts.
virgin stock
Fishing; Marine fishery
A stock of fish with no commercial or recreational harvest. A virgin stock changes only in relation to environmental factors and its own growth, recruitment, and natural mortality.
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Fishing; Marine fishery
Abnormally warm ocean climate conditions, which in some years affect the west coast of Latin America (centered on Peru) often around Christmas time. The anomaly is accompanied by dramatic changes in ...
seasonal closure
Fishing; Marine fishery
Closed season. The banning of fishing activity (in an area or of an entire fishery) for a few weeks or months, to protect juveniles or spawners.
tidal wetlands
Fishing; Marine fishery
A coastal area that experiences periodic inundation as a result of daily tides.
