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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stochastic

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. Where system components are affected by random variability. For example, when fishery stock projections are elaborated, future recruitments are projected with a stochastic component (i.e. the ...

fjord

Fishing; Marine fishery

An estuary with a seaward sill that is formed in a deep valley created by a retreating glacier.

virtual population analysis (VPA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A retrospective analysis of the catches from a given year class which provides estimates of fishing mortality and stock size at each age over its life in the fishery. This technique is used ...

evolutionary significant unit (ESU)

Fishing; Marine fishery

An ESU is a distinctive group of Pacific salmon, steelhead, or sea-run cutthroat trout that is uniquely adapted to a particular area or environment and cannot be replaced.

barrier island

Fishing; Marine fishery

A sedimentary island, generally elongate and low, that is built by longshore transport or wave action parallel to the coast.

vessel owner

Fishing; Marine fishery

Any person who owns a vessel in whole or in part; any charter of the vessel, whether bare boat, time, or voyage; any person who acts in the capacity of a charterer, including, but not limited to, ...