- Industrie: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Provides additional review and stakeholder perspective to a regional fishery management council (FMC) for proposed actions and draft amendments to fishery management plans (FMPs). The advisory panel usually represents a variety of interests from commercial, recreational, environmental, and consumer areas. However, panel members do not have seats on the council and do not vote.
Industry:Fishing
Refers to samples taken from the catch (from the landings) in order to determine the size distribution of the catches. This information is important for stock assessments (particularly for age/size-structured methods) and management advice.
Industry:Fishing
Zoning that precludes fishing activity on some or all species to protect critical habitat, rebuild stocks (long term, but not necessarily permanent closure), provide insurance against overfishing, or enhance fishery yield.
Industry:Fishing
Fishes that migrate as juveniles from freshwater to saltwater and then return as adults to spawn in freshwater; most Pacific salmon are anadromous.
Industry:Fishing
Those waters of the open ocean, in areas beyond the shelf break in depths generally greater than 200 meters, extending to maximum ocean depths. These waters are removed from primary continental influences, and the seafloor interacts little or not at all with the water column.
Industry:Fishing
The surface layer where there is sufficient light for photosynthesis to occur.
Industry:Fishing
Measures the rate of death of fish. Mortality occurs at all life stages of the population and tends to decrease with age. Death can be due to several factors such as pollution, starvation, and disease but the main source of death is predation (in unexploited stocks) and fishing (in exploited ones).
Industry:Fishing
The length of rope or wire in a trawl to which the top wings and cover netting are attached.
Industry:Fishing
