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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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logbook
Fishing; Marine fishery
A detailed, usually official, record of a vessel's fishing activity registered systematically on board the fishing vessel, usually including information on catch and its species composition, the ...
removals
Fishing; Marine fishery
All of the fish "removed" from a stock by fishing, including the catch and any fish killed but not caught.
age class
Fishing; Marine fishery
A group of individuals of the same age range in a population. The age 0 group are the fish in their first year of life. A fish born in April of a given year remains in the age 0 group until April ...
vertical integration
Fishing; Marine fishery
A fishery (or industry) is vertically integrated when firms in the fishery engage in multiple levels of the supply chain. For example, a firm that operates and manages fishing vessels, processing ...
migration
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. Systematic (as opposed to random) movement of individuals of a stock from one place to another, often related to season. A knowledge of the migration patterns helps in targeting high ...
assemblage
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. An association of coexisting species, in space and time, with similar environmental tolerance, possibly trophic relationships, but not totally interdependent; 2. A collection of species ...
Recreational Fishery Information Network (RecFin)
Fishing; Marine fishery
A database managed by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) that provides recreational fishery information for Washington, Oregon, and California.
