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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The standard error of a statistic, divided by its point estimate. The CV gives an idea of the precision of an estimate, independent of its magnitude.
Industry:Fishing
Level, muddy surface bordering an estuary, alternately submerged and exposed to the air by changing tidal levels.
Industry:Fishing
Pelagic organisms that are free-swimming and so whose movements are independent of the tides, currents, and waves. Such animals include fishes, whales, squids, crabs, and shrimps. The distribution of nekton is limited by temperature and nutrient supply and decreases with decreasing depth.
Industry:Fishing
The process of expressing a value for a particular good or service in a certain context (e.g. of decision-making) usually in terms of something that can be counted, often money, but also through methods and measures from other disciplines (sociology, ecology, and so on).
Industry:Fishing
The minimum time period to rebuild an overfished stock, according to National Standard Guidelines. Technically, this is the minimum amount of time in which a fish stock will have a 50% chance of rebuilding if no fishing occurs (depends on biological and environmental factors).
Industry:Fishing
Maximum statistical expectation of the logarithm of long-term yield, considering uncertainties in parameter values and natural (process) variability.
Industry:Fishing
Specific levels of water quality desired for identified uses, including drinking, recreation, farming, fish production, propagation of other aquatic life, and agricultural and industrial processes.
Industry:Fishing
In the fisheries context, the value to fishers of the fish in the water before they are caught. It is usually a large component of the economic rent.
Industry:Fishing
The change in the amount of harvestable stock, estimated by recruitment increases plus growth minus natural mortality.
Industry:Fishing
