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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A fishery management council (FMC) may decide to propose an EA when a problem arises in a fishery that requires regulations sooner than a fishery management plan amendment can be proposed and implemented. Once implemented, an EA lasts for 90 days but can be extended by the Secretary of Commerce at the council's request.
Industry:Fishing
A regional fisheries management council (FMC). The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 as amended created eight regional councils to prepare fishery management plans (FMPs) and FMP amendments for fisheries in the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Industry:Fishing
An estuary with a seaward sill that is formed in a deep valley created by a retreating glacier.
Industry:Fishing
A retrospective analysis of the catches from a given year class which provides estimates of fishing mortality and stock size at each age over its life in the fishery. This technique is used extensively in fishery assessments.
Industry:Fishing
An ESU is a distinctive group of Pacific salmon, steelhead, or sea-run cutthroat trout that is uniquely adapted to a particular area or environment and cannot be replaced.
Industry:Fishing
A sedimentary island, generally elongate and low, that is built by longshore transport or wave action parallel to the coast.
Industry:Fishing
Any person who owns a vessel in whole or in part; any charter of the vessel, whether bare boat, time, or voyage; any person who acts in the capacity of a charterer, including, but not limited to, parties to a management agreement, operating agreement, or any similar agreement that bestows control over the destination, function, or operation of the vessel; or any agent designated as such by a person described in this definition.
Industry:Fishing
A population in a steady state may fluctuate about a mean but does not increase or decline in a systematic way with time.
Industry:Fishing
A group of reserves designed to meet objectives that single reserves cannot achieve on their own. Networks of reserves are linked by dispersal of marine organisms and by ocean currents.
Industry:Fishing
Defined by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as, "with respect to any population stock, the number of animals which will result in the maximum productivity of the population or the species, keeping in mind the carrying capacity of the habitat and health of the ecosystem of which they form a constituent element".
Industry:Fishing
