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.

Industry: Fishing

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target strength

Fishing; Marine fishery

The ratio of received signal to transmitted signal from an object as at 1 meter from the transmitter, expressed in decibels.

Of an estimate: an indicator of the closeness of an estimated value (e.g. population parameter) to the actual value. It should not be confused with precision, which relates to the confidence limits ...

run

Fishing; Marine fishery

Seasonal migration undertaken by fish, usually as part of their life history; for example, spawning run of salmon, upstream migration of shad. Fishers may refer to increased catches as a "run" of ...

license limitation

Fishing; Marine fishery

Legally restricting the number of commercial fishermen licensed to fish. Often a management agency uses this as a means of limited entry.

bathymetry

Fishing; Marine fishery

Pertaining to the depth and relief of water basins.

domestic annual harvest (DAH)

Fishing; Marine fishery

The domestic annual fishing capacity, modified by other factors (such as economic factors), which will determine estimates of what the fleets will harvest.

long-term potential catch (YIELD)

Fishing; Marine fishery

The largest annual harvest, in weight, that can be removed from a fish stock year after year, under existing environmental conditions. This can be estimated in various ways, from maximum values from ...