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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
1. F stands for the fishing mortality rate in a particular stock. It is roughly the proportion of the fishable stock that is caught in a year; 2. A measurement of the rate of removal from a population by fishing. Fishing mortality can be reported as either annual or instantaneous. Annual mortality is the percentage of fish dying in one year. Instantaneous mortality is that percentage of fish dying at any one time.
Industry:Fishing
A long, narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides.
Industry:Fishing
A process of management in which management information and decisions are centralized and resource users are kept outside the decision-making process.
Industry:Fishing
A vessel used for catching pelagic fish by towing a number of lines fitted with lures.
Industry:Fishing
Assigns an individual or other entity access to a predetermined portion of the annual catch in a particular fishery. In some cases, the privilege is transferable and may be bought and sold, creating a market. The term encompasses a range of tools, including access privileges assigned to individuals (i.e. individual transferable quotas (ITQs)), and to groups or communities (e. G. , community development quotas (CDQs), cooperatives, and area-based quotas).
Industry:Fishing
A judgment made by a scientist or scientific body on the state of a resource, such as a fish stock (e.g. size of the stock, potential yield, on whether it is over- or underexploited), usually for the purpose of passing advice to a management authority.
Industry:Fishing
A source of sediment, nutrients, or contaminants into a water body that comes from one discharge location.
Industry:Fishing
A formally established, more or less quantitative target that is actively sought and provides a direction for management action.
Industry:Fishing
A ratio of the weight of a fish's eggs or sperm to its body weight, used to determine the spawning time of a species of fish.
Industry:Fishing
A community that is substantially dependent on or substantially engaged in the harvest or processing of fishery resources to meet social and economic needs. Includes fishing vessel owners, fishing families, operators, crew, recreational fishers, fish processors, gear supplies, and others in the community who depend on fishing.
Industry:Fishing
