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

Zoning that precludes fishing activity on some or all species to protect critical habitat, rebuild stocks (long term, but not necessarily permanent closure), provide insurance against overfishing, or ...

uncertainty

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. In general, the incompleteness of knowledge about the states and processes in nature; 2. In statistics and risk analysis, refers to the estimated amount (or percentage) by which an observed or ...

super seiner

Fishing; Marine fishery

A large purse seiner, usually more than 70 meters long and equipped with considerable freezing and storage facilities, capable of undertaking extended transoceanic voyages for harvesting fish.

resource management plan (RMP)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A plan that covers impacts to listed species from activities of state and local governments, under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

underutilized species

Fishing; Marine fishery

A species of fish that has potential for large additional harvest.

spawning stock

Fishing; Marine fishery

1. Mature part of a stock responsible for reproduction; 2. Strictly speaking, the part of an overall stock having reached sexual maturity and able to spawn. Often conventionally defined as the ...