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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Marine fishery

The maximum amount of fish over a period of time (year, season) that can be produced by a fishing fleet if fully utilized while satisfying fishery management objectives designed to ensure sustainable ...

continental slope

Fishing; Marine fishery

Part of the continental margin; the ocean floor from the continental shelf to the continental rise or oceanic trench. Usually to a depth of about 200 meters. The continental slope typically has a ...

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

The ESA is a statute which was enacted in 1973 to conserve species and ecosystems. Under its auspices, species facing possible extinction are listed as threatened or endangered, or as candidate ...

tuning

Fishing; Marine fishery

Improving the fit between observed and calculated data using a mathematical (stock assessment) model.

habitat area of particular concern (HAPC)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Subsets of essential fish habitat that serve an important ecological function, are particularly sensitive to human-induced environmental degradation, are particularly stressed by human development ...

mid-ocean ridge

Fishing; Marine fishery

The continuous chain of volcanic submarine mountains and elongated rises on the ocean floor, extending around the earth where basalt periodically erupts, forming new ocean crust; similar to ...

production expansion factor (PEF)

Fishing; Marine fishery

The total number of Pacific salmon released from a west coast hatchery divided by the total number of tagged fish released. Used to elucidate hatchery contribution and fish survival rates.