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 strategy adopted by the management authority to reach established management goals. In addition to the objectives, it includes choices regarding all or some of the following: access rights and ...

coral reef

Fishing; Marine fishery

The massive deposition of calcium carbonate by coral polyps of colonial stony corals and other organisms producing large living hard structures. Coral reefs can range in size from a few feet to ...

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Passed by Congress in 1969, NEPA requires Federal agencies to consider the environment when making decisions regarding their programs. Section 102(2)(C) requires Federal agencies to prepare an ...

zooplankton

Fishing; Marine fishery

Non-photosynthetic, heterotrophic planktonic organsisms, including protists, small animals, and larvae, which exist within the water column.

nearshore marine system

Fishing; Marine fishery

Those waters in the region between the coastal land margin and the 30-meter depth contour and where the salinity is substantially marine (>30 practical salinity units (PSU) throughout the year. )