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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translocation

Fishing; Marine fishery

Movement of native or introduced (exotic) species to waters or habitats outside their natural or previous distribution.

mixed-stock exception

Fishing; Marine fishery

In "mixed-stock complexes", many species of fish swim together and are caught together. This becomes a problem when some of these stocks are healthy and some are overfished, because even a ...

trap fishing

Fishing; Marine fishery

Fishing by means of devices able to trap fish in a confined environment (traps, pots) often designed and baited to catch a particular species-crab pot, lobster pot, tuna trap, fyke nets.

absolute abundance

Fishing; Marine fishery

The total number of a kind of fish in a population; this is rarely known, and usually estimated from the relative abundance.

sustainable catch

Fishing; Marine fishery

The number (weight) of fish in a stock that can be taken by fishing without reducing the stock biomass from year to year, assuming that environmental conditions remain the same.

culturally affiliated

Fishing; Marine fishery

To be connected to a place, region, or resource because it has significant meaning to the culture of the individual and his or her group. In most cases cultural affiliation requires more than one ...