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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The desired stock of inputs that will produce a desired level of outputs (e.g. a set of target fishing mortality rates for the species being harvested) and will best achieve the objectives of a fishery management plan (e.g. minimizing costs). Current or transient optimal capacity (related to current fleet and stock conditions) may differ from long run optimal capacity (reflecting management long-term objectives) particularly if the fishery resource is currently depleted and the manage-ment strategy is to rebuild this depleted resource.
Industry:Fishing
Submerged earthform consisting of an incised large-scale submarine feature on a high angle slope normally associated with the continental shelf.
Industry:Fishing
Marking an individual or group of individuals (e.g. by clipping a fin, injecting a die, inserting a tag) in order to identify it when recaptured. Tagging allows the study of growth, mortality, and migration as well as the estimation of the stock size.
Industry:Fishing
Positive utility gained from the use of a resource, less the opportunity costs.
Industry:Fishing
The condition of the marine environment from the perspective of adverse effects caused by anthropogenic (human) activities, in particular habitat destruction, changed sedimentation rates and the mobilization of contaminants. Such condition refers to the contemporary state of the ocean, prevailing trends, and the prognosis for improvement or deterioration of its quality.
Industry:Fishing
The type of bottom habitat required by a fish species for spawning.
Industry:Fishing
Form of quota allocation in which both harvesters and processors are allocated shares of quota. The harvester and processor allocations would be transferable within but not between each category.
Industry:Fishing
Refers to activities that occur when a commercial fishing boat lands or unloads a catch. For example, the price received by a captain (at the point of landing) for the catch is an ex-vessel price.
Industry:Fishing
The edge of a continent; the zone between a continent and the deep-sea floor of the abyssal plain.
Industry:Fishing
The 9-nautical-mile (n. Mi. ) seaward zone, from 3 to 12 n. Mi. offshore, and adjacent to the 3-n. Mi. territorial sea.
Industry:Fishing
