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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directed fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing that is directed at a certain species or group of species. This applies to both sport and commercial fishing.

in-season adjustments

Fishing; Marine fishery

Regulatory changes that affect an ongoing fishery.

The fishing mortality rate which the increase in yield per recruit in weight for an increase in a unit of effort is only 10 percent of the yield per recruit produced by the first unit of effort on ...

ecosystem properties

Fishing; Marine fishery

The size, biodiversity, stability, degree of organization, and internal exchanges of materials and energy among different pools, and other properties that characterize an ecosystem.

replacement yield

Fishing; Marine fishery

The amount of yield in weight that can be removed from a population of fish without leading to biomass increase or decline. When the population net productivity is high (e.g. at medium levels of, ...

fishery policy

Fishing; Marine fishery

Measures by which a national government, regional or state authority, attempts to influence or control the behavior of individuals, companies, and communities in the fisheries sector to achieve ...

blocked quota shares

Fishing; Marine fishery

In Alaska, quota shares in the Alaskan halibut and sablefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) program that are not allowed to be subdivided when transferred. There are limits on the size of the ...