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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
This term is applied very loosely to ecosystems or communities, but it usually means their tendency to retain their essential characteristics in the shorter or longer term. It sometimes refers to the more particular capacity of systems to return to their original state following a disturbance.
Industry:Fishing
Fish that have changed from the larval form to the very first stages of juvenile or adult form.
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The amount of pollutant that a water body can receive and still meet water quality standards. Set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The welfare (or well-being) consumers derive from a good or service, represented by the difference between the maximum a consumer is willing to pay for a good or service and what the consumer actually pays. "Consumer" also applies to those gaining value from non-consumptive uses (e.g. observing salmon runs) and to nonuse benefits (e.g. protecting marine mammals from exploitation).
Industry:Fishing
The main objective of the CZMA is to encourage and assist states in developing coastal zone management programs, to coordinate state activities, and to safeguard the regional and national interests in the coastal zone. It requires that any Federal activity (including fishery management regulations) directly affecting the coastal zone of a state be consistent with that state's approved coastal zone management program, since activities that take place beyond the territorial sea may affect the coastal zone.
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Inhabiting the water column as opposed to being associated with the sea floor; generally occurring anywhere from the surface to 1,000 meters.
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The end of a trawl net that retains the catch and the part of the net where most size-selection takes place. Codend mesh sizes and structure are usually regulated and may be preceded by a sorting grid to reduce bycatch.
Industry:Fishing
From the Norwegian word meaning "young fish" and is now commonly used as the common term for euphausids, a family of crustaceans found throughout the world oceans. There are 85 species of krill, some of which are exploited commercially. The Antarctic krill is Euphausia superba. Other species include Euphausia pacifica, Euphausia nana, Thysanoessa inermis, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, Nyctiphanes australis.
Industry:Fishing
The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants with some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated.
Industry:Fishing
