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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Costs and benefits directly felt by individual economic agents or groups as seen from their perspective (externalities imposed on others are ignored). Costs and benefits are valued at the prices actually paid or received by the group, even if these prices are highly distorted. Sometimes termed "financial" costs and benefits.
Industry:Fishing
A layer of denser, saltier seawater that intrudes into coastal waters in the form of a wedge along the seabed and flows landward along the bottom in estuaries. The lighter freshwater from riverine sources overrides the denser saltwater.
Industry:Fishing
1. A mathematical formula that describes the increase in length or weight of an individual fish with time; 2. A mathematical description or representation of the size of a living organism at its various ages. The von Bertalanffy growth model is commonly used in fish stock assessments.
Industry:Fishing
An area that is higher relative to the surrounding areas, but not mountainous.
Industry:Fishing
A gear modification used on shrimp trawls that enables incidentally caught sea turtles to escape from the nets.
Industry:Fishing
A situation in which the rate of fishing is (or has been) such that annual recruitment to the exploitable stock has become significantly reduced. The situation is characterized by a greatly reduced spawning stock, a decreasing proportion of older fish in the catch, and generally very low recruitment year after year. If prolonged, recruitment overfishing can lead to stock collapse, particularly under unfavorable environmental conditions.
Industry:Fishing
A length frequency distribution is an arrangement of recorded lengths (in a total catch, a stock, or a sample) which indicates the number of individuals encountered in each length interval.
Industry:Fishing
Condition in which access to a fishery is not restricted (i.e. no license limitation, quotas, or other measures that would limit the amount of fish that an individual fisher can harvest).
Industry:Fishing
A gender-neutral name for a person (male or female) participating in a fishery.
Industry:Fishing
Continuing use without severe or permanent deterioration in the resources.
Industry:Fishing
