List of fisheries management terms

Sub-sectors and branches of fisheries management

(Aquatic resources arising from fishery activities as direct or by-products.)

(naturally occurring aquatic ecosystem with very low or no concentration of dissolved salts, whose salinity is below 10g/l.)

River navigation

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Below is a glossary of 22 fisheries management terms with definition, examples, transcription, and translations as used in the context of fisheries management.

Fresh water (noun)

Fresh water: Naturally occurring liquid or frozen water with very low concentration in salt (less than 1,000 milligrams per litter of dissolved salts and salinity of less than 0.5), and low conductivity (conductivity often less than 200 µS/cm). It refers to all waters with low hardness including all inland aquatic systems such as streams, brooks, springs, rivers and lakes.... fresh water (read more)

Discard (noun)

Discard: Refers to part of the catch that is rejected and thrown overboard at sea. It may be released either dead or alive.... Discard (read more)

Deckhand (noun)

Deckhand: A member of the navy or the merchant marine, or any sailor on a ship, below the rank of officer - Often lowest rank in the navy, below petty officer. A sailor who performs manual duties that do not require special training.... Deckhand (read more)

Fishing vessel (noun)

Fishing vessel: A fishing vessel shall be any boat, no matter its size, that is used in activities connected with fisheries.... fishing vessel (read more)

Fishing licence (noun)

Fishing licence: An administrative or legal mechanism employed by local governments to regulate fishing.... fishing licence (read more)

Merchant shipping (noun)

Merchant shipping: Branch of aquatic navigation, which deals with all means of transport of cargo or civilian passengers for hire (as a business) using merchant sea vessels whether privately or publicly owned. It is shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, leisure, recreation, etc.)... merchant shipping (read more)

Fishery resource (noun)

Fishery resource: Any harvestable natural or cultured living resource (fish, crustaceans, molluscs and algae) from marine, estuarine and fresh water environments, living in the water or on the seabed (sedentary organisms).... fishery resource (read more)

Fish (noun)

Fish: Cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.... fish (read more)

Water Police (noun)

Water Police: Police officers, usually a department of a larger police organization, under the authority of the State, responsible for the control and protection of water resources by monitoring and controlling water quality to prevent pollution, and ensure the application of laws concerning water resources. They do so by patrolling coastal seawaters, rivers, estuaries, harbors, lakes, canals or a combination of these, in watercrafts.... Water Police (read more)

Licence (noun)

Licence: An official document that shows that permission has been given to carry out fishery activities, to own or to operate a fishery equipment.... licence (read more)

Toxic product (noun)

Toxic product: Product that can produce acute or chronic personal injury or illness to humans when it is inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin.... toxic product (read more)

Public waterways (noun)

Public waterways: State-owned watercourses and lakes.... public waterways (read more)

Merchant fleet (noun)

Merchant fleet: The total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)... Merchant fleet (read more)

Lobster (noun)

Lobster: A large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae with a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws... lobster (read more)

Langoustine (noun)

Langoustine: A small orangish lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), especially used as food ... langoustine (read more)

Water (noun)

Water: a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc... water (read more)

Stock (noun)

Stock: Subpopulations of a particular species of aquatic resource, for which intrinsic parameters are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors are traditionally ignored.... stock (read more)

Seafood (noun)

Seafood: Crustaceans and shellfish typically found in the ocean and served as food.... Seafood (read more)

Tiger prawn (noun)

Tiger prawn: A large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans.... Tiger prawn (read more)

Crustacean (noun)

Crustacean: Any of various widespread arthropods (invertebrate with jointed appendages) of the subphylum Crustacea that live mostly in water and have a hard shell, with a segmented body. Crustaceans are the largest group of marine arthropods, which include crabs, lobsters, and prawns and shrimps. ... Crustacean (read more)

Discard (verb)

Discard: To get rid of fishery products that you no longer want or need... Discard (read more)

Nautical (adjective)

Nautical: Connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.... Nautical (read more)

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