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FISHTERM's fisheries quiz: level 1
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.).
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).
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.
Question 4: Member of the family Ostreidae which includes the species commonly considered edible oysters
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.