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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. Subject field:

Fishery resources. (Hierarchy:

Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishery resources

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for stock and fishery stock:

BrE /stɒk/ --- NAmE /stɑːk/

1.3. Synonyms of stock:

We have one international synonym for stock, notably:

fishery stock

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1.4. Etymology of stock and fishery stock:

Old English stoc(c) ‘trunk, block of wood, post’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stok and German Stock ‘stick’. The notion ‘store, fund’ (senses 1 to 5) arose in late Middle English and is of obscure origin, perhaps expressing “growth from a central stem” or “firm foundation”; Word from the native lexical stock; from Old English stocc, ‘tree trunk, large piece of wood’; from Germanic stukkaz, ‘tree trunk’

1.5. French translation of stock and fishery stock:

Stock can be translated into French as:

stock

1.6. Definition of stock in fisheries:

Stock, also known as or fishery stock, is defined as: 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.