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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best available science

Fishing; Marine fishery

The term "best available science" comes from National Standard 2 listed in the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is the informational standard mandated for decision making.

preferred alternative

Fishing; Marine fishery

The alternative that is identified as preferred by the authors of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment. It is identified to indicate which alternative is likely to be ...

recreational fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

Harvesting fish for personal use, sport, and challenge (e.g. as opposed to profit or research). Recreational fishing does not include sale, barter, or trade of all or part of the catch.

fhigh

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing mortality rate corresponding to an equilibrium spawning potential ratio equal to the inverse of the 90th percentile observed survival ratio.

year class

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fish in a stock born in the same year. For example, the 1987 year class of cod includes all cod born in 1987. This year class would be age 1 in 1988, age 2 in 1989, and so on. Occasionally, a ...

Natural resources that, after exploitation, can return to their previous stock levels by natural processes of growth or replenishment. Conditionally renewable resources are those whose exploitation ...