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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
1. A variable, pointer, or index. Its fluctuation reveals the variations in key elements of a system. The position and trend of the indicator in relation to reference points or values indicate the present state and dynamics of the system. Indicators provide a bridge between objectives and action; 2. Signals of processes, inputs, outputs, effects, results, outcomes, impacts, etc. , that enable such phenomena to be judged or measured. Both qualitative and quantitative indicators are needed for management learning, policy review, monitoring, and evaluation; 3. In biology, an organism, species, or community whose characteristics show the presence of specific environmental conditions, good or bad.
Industry:Fishing
1. A mechanism and structured set of processes, people, and equipment for converting data into information and storing and distributing information; 2. A mechanism for storing, generating and distributing information for supporting operations and management functions of an organization(s).
Industry:Fishing
1. The degree to which a year class has joined the fishable stock. When a year class is young, only some of its fish are big enough to be caught, so it is partly but not fully recruited; 2. Patterns of relative vulnerability of fish of different sizes or ages due to the combined effects of selectivity and availability.
Industry:Fishing
A scientific calculation of the sustainable harvest level for a species or species group, and is used to set the upper limit on the range of potential annual total allowable catch (TAC).
Industry:Fishing
Any commodities or nonmaterial goods (services) such as assistance or accommodations that yield positive utility.
Industry:Fishing
Any organization that is not a part of Federal, state, territorial, or municipal government. In fisheries, usually refers to nonprofit organizations involved in environmental issues and activities.
Industry:Fishing
Benefits that are not, or cannot be, directly measured in terms of monetary units. These include the satisfaction realized from enjoying a certain way of life or style of work, such as fishing in a rural coastal community.
Industry:Fishing
A depiction or representation of the most current understanding of the major ecosystem features and processes (including biological, physical, chemical, and geopmorphic components) of a particular environment (e.g. estuaries).
Industry:Fishing
Earthform consisting of a ringlike perimeter reef area, often with a reef islet, enclosing a lagoon area.
Industry:Fishing
1. The total output especially of a commodity or an industry; 2. The total living matter (biomass) produced by a stock through growth and recruitment in a given unit of time (e.g. daily, annual production). The "net production" is the net amount of living matter added to the stock during the time period, after deduction of biomass losses through mortality; 3. The total elaboration of new body substance in a stock in a unit of time, irrespective of whether or not it survives to the end of that time.
Industry:Fishing
