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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A reef growing offshore from a land mass and separated from the shoreline, often by a lagoon or estuary.
Industry:Fishing
A fishing vessel designed for trawling, in which the nets are hauled over the stern, up a ramp, or over a roller or the bulwark, with the aid of a derrick or gantry.
Industry:Fishing
1. The variety and variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Diversity indices are measures of richness (the number of species in a system) and may reflect ecosystem stresses (such as those due to high fishing intensity); 2. Includes genetic diversity (within species), species diversity (within ecosystems), and ecosystem diversity.
Industry:Fishing
1. The maximum population of a species that an area or specific ecosystem can support indefinitely without deterioration of the character and quality of the resource; 2. The level of use, at a given level of management, at which a natural or man-made resource can sustain itself over a long period of time. For example, the maximum level of recreational use, in terms of numbers of people and types of activity, that can be accommodated before the ecological value of the area declines.
Industry:Fishing
A large isolated elevation rising more than 1,000 meters above the sea floor, and characteristically of conical form. (Notable examples include Shimada Seamount in the Eastern Equatorial North Pacific and Bear Seamount in the New England Seamount Chain. )
Industry:Fishing
A geographically specified system of organisms, the environment, and the processes that control its dynamics. Humans are an integral part of an ecosystem.
Industry:Fishing
A statistical method to estimate any trends that might exist among important factors; an example in fisheries management is the link between catch and other factors like fishing effort and natural mortality.
Industry:Fishing
Condition in humans caused by the ingestion of bivalve mollusks that have accumulated dangerous levels of neurotoxins from plankton.
Industry:Fishing
Also known as permit. A license or permit is a document giving the producer the right to operate in a fishery according to the terms established by the regulating authority.
Industry:Fishing
1. The variety and variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Diversity indices are measures of richness (the number of species in a system) and may reflect ecosystem stresses (such as those due to high fishing intensity); 2. Includes genetic diversity (within species), species diversity (within ecosystems), and ecosystem diversity.
Industry:Fishing
