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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age

Fishing; Marine fishery

The number of years of life completed, here indicated by an Arabic numeral, followed by a plus sign if there is any possibility of ambiguity (age 1, age 1+).

The average time it takes for a sexually mature female fish to be replaced by an offspring with the same reproductive capacity; used in setting maximum allowable rebuilding time periods in rebuilding ...

species richness

Fishing; Marine fishery

Species richness/abundance is the distribution of the number of species and the number of individuals of each species in a community.

sashimi

Fishing; Marine fishery

Japanese term for sliced fish (especially tuna) and shellfish (scallop, abalone, lobster, squid, octopus) served raw as a delicacy.

precautionary approach (PA)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Set of measures taken to implement the Precautionary Principle. A set of agreed cost-effective measures and actions, including future courses of action, which ensures prudent foresight, reduces or ...

advisory panel (AP)

Fishing; Marine fishery

Provides additional review and stakeholder perspective to a regional fishery management council (FMC) for proposed actions and draft amendments to fishery management plans (FMPs). The advisory panel ...

size samples

Fishing; Marine fishery

Refers to samples taken from the catch (from the landings) in order to determine the size distribution of the catches. This information is important for stock assessments (particularly for ...