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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spatial area closures

Fishing; Marine fishery

Permanent or seasonal ban of fishing activities in an area.

substitutions

Fishing; Marine fishery

In data processing, refers to the practice of substituting missing information (e.g. the catch composition of country A vessels) with an available one (e.g. the catch composition of country B ...

cetaceans

Fishing; Marine fishery

Marine mammals of the Order Cetacea. Includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

limit capacity

Fishing; Marine fishery

The maximum amount of fish that can be produced on a sustainable basis by a fully utilized fleet. Thus, the limit capacity corresponds to maximum sustainable yield (MSY).

abyssal zone

Fishing; Marine fishery

The bottom from a depth of approximately 4,000 meters to 7,000 meters.

flow

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing mortality rate corresponding to an equilibrium spawning potential ratio equal to the inverse of the 10th percentile observed survival ratio.

large fluctuations

Fishing; Marine fishery

Large fluctuations occur in a number of species where the population size or area of distribution varies widely, rapidly, and frequently, with a variation greater than one order of magnitude.