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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A cluster of beliefs, values, and norms about how places and things on earth are related to human behavor.
Industry:Fishing
All the persons, kin and non-kin, who live in the same dwelling and share income, expenses, and daily subsistence tasks. A basic unit for sociocultural and economic analysis, a household may consist of persons (sometimes one but generally two or more) living together and jointly making provision for food or other essentials elements of livelihood.
Industry:Fishing
A mandatory cessation of fishing activities on a species (e.g. the blue whale), in an area (e.g. a sanctuary), with a particular gear (e.g. large scale driftnets), and for a specified period of time (temporary, definitive, seasonal, or related to reopening criteria).
Industry:Fishing
A species as defined in the Endangered Species Act, that is in danger of extinction through a significant portion of its range. A species classified as threatened is likely to become an endangered species.
Industry:Fishing
An inexactly defined term that can mean either rate of exploitation or rate of fishing, depending on the context.
Industry:Fishing
A social process through which the findings of science concerning the causes of ecosystem change, their consequences for human well-being, and management and policy options are brought to bear on the needs of decision makers.
Industry:Fishing
EFH conservation recommendations are recommendations provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to a Federal or state agency pursuant to section 305(b)(4)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act regarding measures that can be taken by that agency to conserve EFH. EFH conservation recommendations may be provided as part of an EFH consultation with a Federal agency, or may be provided by NMFS to any Federal or state agency whose actions would adversely affect EFH (50 CFR 600. 925).
Industry:Fishing
A sloped sediment shoreline composed of sand, gravel, cobble, mud, or boulder-sized sediments, sometimes with beach rock.
Industry:Fishing
1. According to the National Standard Guidelines, "overfishing occurs whenever a stock or stock complex is subjected to a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a stock or stock complex to produce maximum sustainable yield (MSY) on a continuing basis". Overfishing is occurring if the maximum fishing mortality threshold (MFMT) is exceeded for 1 year or more; 2. In general, the action of exerting fishing pressure (fishing intensity) beyond the agreed optimum level. A reduction of fishing pressure would, in the medium term, lead to an increase in the total catch.
Industry:Fishing
