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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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poaching
Fishing; Marine fishery
Catching fish for which no quota is held. Illegally harvesting fish.
harvest control rule
Fishing; Marine fishery
Describes how harvest is intended to be controlled by management in relation to the state of some indicator of stock status. For example, a harvest control rule can describe the various values of ...
resources
Fishing; Marine fishery
1. A natural source of wealth and revenue. Biological resources include genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or ...
scattergram
Fishing; Marine fishery
A visual (not statistical) method; graphically shows the relationship between two factors (such as fish age and fish size).
recruitment curve
Fishing; Marine fishery
A graph of the progeny from an adult year-class at the time they reach a specified age (for example, the age at which half of the brood has become vulnerable to fishing), plotted against the ...
barrier reef
Fishing; Marine fishery
A reef growing offshore from a land mass and separated from the shoreline, often by a lagoon or estuary.
stern trawler
Fishing; Marine fishery
A fishing vessel designed for trawling, in which the nets are hauled over the stern, up a ramp, or over a roller or the bulwark, with the aid of a derrick or gantry.
