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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Marine fishery

Longlines consist of a main line, sometimes of considerable length, to which snoods with baited or unbaited hooks are fixed at regular intervals. The main line is set either horizontally on or near ...

submerged bank

Fishing; Marine fishery

Large, relatively flat shoal or other expansive submerged feature that is markedly shallower than the surrounding ocean bottom (e.g. Georges Bank with water depths between 30 to 50 meters).

abyssalpelagic zone

Fishing; Marine fishery

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

mature individuals

Fishing; Marine fishery

The number of individuals known, estimated, or inferred to be capable of reproduction.

buffer zone

Fishing; Marine fishery

The area that separates the core from areas in which human activities that threaten it occur.

pre-recruits

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fish that have not yet reached the recruitment stage (in age or size) to a fishery.

demersal

Fishing; Marine fishery

Living in close relation with the bottom and depending on it. Cods, groupers, crabs, and lobsters are demersal resources. The term usually refers to the living mode of the adult, i.e. demersal ...