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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The fishing mortality rate that, if applied constantly, would result in maximum sustainable yield (MSY). Used as a biological reference point, FMSY is the implicit fishing mortality target of many regional and national fishery management authorities and organizations. FMSY can be estimated in two ways: a) from simple biomass-aggregated production models; b) from age-structured models that include a stock-recruitment relationship.
Industry:Fishing
Quota shares in the Alaskan halibut and sablefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) programs that are allowed to be subdivided when transferred. There are limits on the total number of unblocked quota shares that an individual may own.
Industry:Fishing
Requires that "conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable, promote the safety of human life at sea".
Industry:Fishing
The amount of fishing gear of a specific type used on the fishing grounds over a given unit of time (e.g. hours trawled per day, number of hooks set per day, or number of hauls of a beach seine per day). When two or more kinds of gear are used, the respective efforts must be adjusted to some standard type before being added. Sometimes referred to as effective fishing effort.
Industry:Fishing
The total mass of salts dissolved in seawater per unit mass of water; generally expressed in parts per thousands (ppt).
Industry:Fishing
The total allowable amount of a species or species group, by weight, that a vessel may take and retain, possess, or land during a period of time. Fishers may take as many landings of a species or species complex as they like as long as they do not exceed the cumulative limit that applies to the vessel or permit during the designated period.
Industry:Fishing
The legal entity that has been assigned by a state or states with a mandate to perform certain specified management functions in relation to a fishery, or an area (e.g. a coastal zone). Generally used to refer to a state authority, the term may also refer to an international management organization.
Industry:Fishing
Where the amount of harvesting capacity in a fishery exceeds the amount needed to harvest the desired amount of fish at least cost.
Industry:Fishing
Tourism involving travel to areas of natural or ecological interest for non-consumptive purposes such as observing wildlife or learning about the environment.
Industry:Fishing
Site possessing historical, archaeological, architectural, technological, aesthetic, scientific, spiritual, social, traditional, or other special cultural significance associated with human activity.
Industry:Fishing
