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APES 11-3
Question | Answer |
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MSY | maximum sustainable yield; used to project the maximum number of fish that can be harvested annually from a fish stock without causing a population to drop |
OSY | optimal sustainable yield; attempts to take into account interactions among species and to provide more room for error |
multispecies management | approach that takes into account the competition and predator-prey relationship between species |
precautionary principle | approach that requires sharply reducing fish harvests and closing some overfished areas until they recover and until we have more information about what levels of fishing can be sustained. |
comanagement | coastal communities and the government working together to manage fisheries |
ITRs | individual transfer rights- system in which the government gives each fishing vessel owner a specified percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) for a fishery in a given year |
sustainable seafood | consumers can demand ______ ______ in order to encourage more responsible fishing practices |
MSC | Marine stewardship council; created in 1997 to support sustainable fishing and to certify sustainably produced seafood (Based in London) |