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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environmental impact statement (EIS)

Fishing; Marine fishery

As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, an EIS is an analysis of the expected impacts resulting from a proposed Federal action (such as fisheries management or a development ...

set gillnet

Fishing; Marine fishery

A gillnet fixed to the bottom, or at a certain distance above it, by means of anchors or ballast sufficiently heavy to neutralize the buoyancy of the floats.

overfished

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. An overfished stock or stock complex "whose size is sufficiently small that a change in management practices is required to achieve an appropriate level and rate of rebuilding". A stock or stock ...

indicators

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A variable, pointer, or index. Its fluctuation reveals the variations in key elements of a system. The position and trend of the indicator in relation to reference points or values indicate the ...

information management

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. A mechanism and structured set of processes, people, and equipment for converting data into information and storing and distributing information; 2. A mechanism for storing, generating and ...

partial recruitment

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The degree to which a year class has joined the fishable stock. When a year class is young, only some of its fish are big enough to be caught, so it is partly but not fully recruited; 2. ...

acceptable biological catch (ABC)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A scientific calculation of the sustainable harvest level for a species or species group, and is used to set the upper limit on the range of potential annual total allowable catch (TAC).