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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regime shift

Fishing; Marine fishery

A (medium- or long-term) shift in environmental conditions that impacts the productivity of a stock.

Alternatives proposed by a fishery management council (FMC) for a proposed management action (such as annual management specifications). The alternatives are presented to the public for comment, and ...

delta

Fishing; Marine fishery

A low, nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream, commonly triangular or fan-shaped.

acoustic survey

Fishing; Marine fishery

A systematic method of gathering information on fish availability and abundance in a water body with the help of sophisticated acoustic instruments, such as echo sounders and sonar, that generate ...

assessment level

Fishing; Marine fishery

Categories of the level of complexity of, and data available for each assessment: index of abundance (Index), yield-per-recruit analysis (Yield), analysis of the age structure of the catch (Age ...

selective gear

Fishing; Marine fishery

A gear allowing fishers to capture few (if any) species other than the target species.

common property resource

Fishing; Marine fishery

A term that indicates a resource owned by the public. It can be fish in public waters, trees on public land, or the air. The government regulates the use of a common property resource to ensure its ...