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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The domestic annual fishing capacity, modified by other factors (such as economic factors), which will determine estimates of what the fleets will harvest.
Industry:Fishing
The largest annual harvest, in weight, that can be removed from a fish stock year after year, under existing environmental conditions. This can be estimated in various ways, from maximum values from production models to average observed catches over a suitable period of years.
Industry:Fishing
The FCZ is the area from the seaward limit of state waters out to 200 nautical miles. Since 1981, it is referred to as the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Industry:Fishing
Total catch (optimum yield, OY). The landed catch plus discard mortality.
Industry:Fishing
The procedure of maintaining methods and equipment as constant as possible. Without standardization one cannot determine whether measurements of yearly differences in relative abundance are caused by actual fluctuations in stock abundance or by differences in the measurement procedure used. The lack of standardization is one reason why surveys using different commercial fishing vessels in different years do not produce comparable information. For example, if two vessels of different horsepower are used in separate years, the results cannot be compared unless vessel mensuration experiments are performed. This would involve a comparison of the two vessels' catches to determine the influence of their fishing power on the size of the catch, and a determination of a correction factor.
Industry:Fishing
The length of a fish defined as the straight-line distance from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail (caudal fin) while the fish is lying on its side, normally extended.
Industry:Fishing
Organisms whose genetic makeup includes a gene or genes from another genus or species.
Industry:Fishing
Where the next best income alternative yields zero additional earnings.
Industry:Fishing
The ESA is a statute which was enacted in 1973 to conserve species and ecosystems. Under its auspices, species facing possible extinction are listed as threatened or endangered, or as candidate species for such listings. When such a listing is made, recovery and conservation plans are drawn up to ensure the protection of the species and its habitat.
Industry:Fishing
