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.

Industry: Fishing

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Marine fishery

1. The variety and variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes ...

carrying capacity

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. The maximum population of a species that an area or specific ecosystem can support indefinitely without deterioration of the character and quality of the resource; 2. The level of use, at a ...

seamount

Fishing; Marine fishery

A large isolated elevation rising more than 1,000 meters above the sea floor, and characteristically of conical form. (Notable examples include Shimada Seamount in the Eastern Equatorial North ...

ecosystem

Fishing; Marine fishery

A geographically specified system of organisms, the environment, and the processes that control its dynamics. Humans are an integral part of an ecosystem.

regression analysis

Fishing; Marine fishery

A statistical method to estimate any trends that might exist among important factors; an example in fisheries management is the link between catch and other factors like fishing effort and natural ...

paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Condition in humans caused by the ingestion of bivalve mollusks that have accumulated dangerous levels of neurotoxins from plankton.

license

Fishing; Marine fishery

Also known as permit. A license or permit is a document giving the producer the right to operate in a fishery according to the terms established by the regulating authority.