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FISHTERM's fisheries quiz:
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Question 1:

 any activity related to the culture, management, harvest, processing or marketing of aquatic animals (finfish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, etc.) or plants (seaweeds, alga, etc.).



A. Flag vessel
B. Fishing line
C. Cryptic Biomass
D. Fishery

Question 2:

Model that describes, using simple functions, how the population biomass changes from year to year (or, how biomass changes in equilibrium as a function of fishing mortality).



A. Maximum Sustainable Yield
B. Production model
C. Allocation
D. Armed vessel

Question 3:

Growth overfishing occurs when the fishing mortality rate is above Fmax. This means that individual fish are caught before they have a chance to reach their maxi- mum growth potential.



A. Growth Overfishing
B. Port of registry
C. Navy
D. Fishery-Independent

Question 4:

Member of the family Ostreidae which includes the species commonly considered edible oysters



A. Offshore fishing
B. CATCHEM
C. River
D. Oyster

Question 5:

A type of weight measurement frequently made for ICCAT species (primarily billfishes), particularly after unloading, where the gills, guts, head and fins have been removed and discarded at sea.



A. Dressed Weight (DWT)
B. Aquarium
C. Aquaculture centre
D. Storm