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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fixed costs

Fishing; Marine fishery

Costs that do not vary with output. Fixed costs can only be avoided if the firm goes out of business.

derby fishery

Fishing; Marine fishery

A fishery of brief duration during which fishers race to take as much catch as they can before the fishery closes.

practical salinity unit (PSU)

Fishing; Marine fishery

A unit of measurement of salinity similar to parts per thousand (ppt).

A measure of the stability and sustainability of ecosystem functioning or ecosystem services that depends on an ecosystem being active and maintaining its organization, autonomy, and resilience over ...

abundance index

Fishing; Marine fishery

A relative measure of the weight or number of fish in a stock, a segment of the stock (e.g. the spawners), or an area. Often available in time series, the information is collected through scientific ...

isobath

Fishing; Marine fishery

A line on a map connecting points of equal bathymetry, i.e. equal depth, in the ocean or another water body.

regulatory amendment

Fishing; Marine fishery

An option available to fishery management councils for making regulatory changes to a fishery management plan; different from a full amendment but still requires some opportunity for public input.