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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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subpopulations
Fishing; Marine fishery
Subpopulations are defined as geographically or otherwise distinct groups in the population between which there is little exchange.
instantaneous rate of growth (G)
Fishing; Marine fishery
The natural logarithm of the ratio of final weight to initial weight of a fish in a unit of time, usually a year. When applied collectively to all fish of a given age in a stock, the possibility of ...
community development quota (CDQ)
Fishing; Marine fishery
Program in western Alaska under which a percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) of Bering Sea commercial fisheries is allocated to specific communities. Communities eligible for this program ...
controlled access
Fishing; Marine fishery
General term for management schemes that reduce or restrict the number of participants in a fishery.
community
Fishing; Marine fishery
The populations that live and interact physically and temporally in the same area.
norms
Fishing; Marine fishery
The understood rules for appropriate behavior. This is broader than social organization and includes nonsocial behavior.
residual
Fishing; Marine fishery
In statistical models, a residual is the difference between an observed quantity and the prediction given by the model.
