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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The area that separates the core from areas in which human activities that threaten it occur.
Industry:Fishing
Fish that have not yet reached the recruitment stage (in age or size) to a fishery.
Industry:Fishing
Living in close relation with the bottom and depending on it. Cods, groupers, crabs, and lobsters are demersal resources. The term usually refers to the living mode of the adult, i.e. demersal fish.
Industry:Fishing
Length at which 50 percent of the individuals of a given sex (normally females) are considered to be reproductively mature.
Industry:Fishing
The estimate of a parameter, which is obtained by observation, and which in general is subject to sampling error.
Industry:Fishing
The chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose.
Industry:Fishing
Fishing gear that is stationary after it is deployed (unlike trawl or troll gear which is moving when it is actively fishing). Fixed gear includes gillnets, long lines, pots, traps, and any other gear that is anchored at least at one end.
Industry:Fishing
The ratio of fishing mortality on the oldest age group to the fishing mortality of the preceding age group. Annual F-ratios are estimable parameters in many virtual population analysis (VPA) assessments.
Industry:Fishing
The use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
Industry:Fishing
