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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oceanic system

Fishing; Marine fishery

Those waters of the open ocean, in areas beyond the shelf break in depths generally greater than 200 meters, extending to maximum ocean depths. These waters are removed from primary continental ...

photic zone

Fishing; Marine fishery

The surface layer where there is sufficient light for photosynthesis to occur.

supply function

Fishing; Marine fishery

The relationship between the quantity of good or service supplied and price.

maturity

Fishing; Marine fishery

Refers to the ability, on average, of fish of a given age or size to reproduce. Maturity information, in the form of percent mature by age or size, is often used to compute spawning potential.

forage species

Fishing; Marine fishery

Species used as prey by a larger predator for its food. Includes small schooling fishes such as anchovies, sardines, herrings, capelin, smelts, and menhaden, and invertebrates such as squid.

The art of taking actions that affect a resource and its exploitation with a view to achieve certain objectives, such as maximizing the production of that resource. Management includes, for example, ...

target species

Fishing; Marine fishery

Those species primarily sought by the fishermen in a particular fishery. The subject of directed fishing effort in a fishery. There may be primary as well as secondary target species.