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Fish stocks. Fish stocks are subpopulations of a particular species of fish, for which intrinsic parameters (growth, recruitment, mortality and fishing mortality) are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors (immigration and emigration) are traditionally ignored.
The United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA), otherwise known as the Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement (formally, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks) is a multilateral treaty created by the ...
The live fish trade can refer to the live food fish trade (for human consumption) or to the ornamental fish trade (for aquariums). The fish can come from many places, but most comes from Southeast Asia. The live food fish trade is a global system that links fishing communities with markets, primarily in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Fisheries managers use stock assessments to help determine if a stock is overfished, measuring the maximum sustainable yield. [25] If a stock is designated as overfished, annual catch limits need to be low enough to allow stocks to rebuild. [23] Worldwide, about one-third of fish stocks are being fished at biologically unsustainable levels. [26]
Climate change is modifying fish distributions [ 6] and the productivity of marine and freshwater species. Climate change is expected to lead to significant changes in the availability and trade of fish products. [ 7] The geopolitical and economic consequences will be significant, especially for the countries most dependent on the sector.
Fish stock (food), liquid made by boiling fish bones with vegetables, used as a base for fish soups and sauces. Fish stocking, the practice of raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them into a river, lake, or ocean. Stockfish, unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air. Stockfish (chess), an open source UCI chess engine.
Aquaculture in Indonesia has seen a tremendous growth in its contribution to fish supply in Indonesia, increasing from 10.6% in 1960 to 40.2% in 2014, [ 1] and looks to surpass the output of capture fisheries by 2026 under business as usual scenarios. Indonesia produced 490,000 tons of shrimp in 2004, which was 8% of the world production for ...
Catch share. Catch share is a fishery management system that allocates a secure privilege to harvest a specific area or percentage of a fishery's total catch to individuals, communities, or associations. [ 1] Examples of catch shares are individual transferable quota (ITQs), individual fishing quota (IFQs), territorial use rights for fishing ...