Fishery Studies stack - nouns and terms with brief descriptions.
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| The process of a group of individuals forming a cluster. | show 🗑
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| Abundant growth of phytoplankton, typically triggered suddenly by suitable environmental conditions such as excess nutrients. Typically seen in the spring in UK waters. | show 🗑
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| Name for juvenile fish with the yolk-sac still present. | show 🗑
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| The general term given to the cultivation of any aquatic species (plant or animal). | show 🗑
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| A type of trawl in which the mouth of the net is kept open by a beam which is mounted at each end on guides or skids which travel along the seabed. | show 🗑
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| Term for the accumulation of a substance (contaminant) within the tissues of an organism. | show 🗑
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| Type of trawl. A large cone-shaped net, which is towed across the seabed. Also called an otter or demersal trawl. | show 🗑
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| A fish which is kept for the purpose of reproduction and supply of juveniles. | show 🗑
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| A mollusc which has a distinct head with prehensile and locomotive organs attached. Examples include the octopus, squid and cuttlefish. | show 🗑
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| The rear end of a trawl net where the catch accumulates. | show 🗑
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| show | Conservative
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| Group of marine invertebrate animals that live in colonies; appears in a variety of shapes often forming reefs. This word is also a term for crab roe or eggs. | show 🗑
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| show | Demersal
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| Name for the process of removing pathogens from shellfish by keeping them in clean water for a period of time before sale. | show 🗑
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| show | Diadromous
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| show | Discards
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| show | Dredging
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| show | Ecosystem
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| show | Ectoparasite
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| A fish with fins as opposed to shellfish. | show 🗑
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| Any tools used to catch fish, such as hook and line, trawls, traps etc. | show 🗑
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| The phenomenon where lost nets or traps continue to fish. | show 🗑
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| Reproductive organs; testis (male) and ovaries (female). | show 🗑
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| Term used to describe the process of sorting fish into similar sizes. This is done to minimise aggression and cannibalism as well as ensuring that fish of a similar size are grown on together and can be harvested at the same time. | show 🗑
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| Also known as hook and line fishing. A highly selective method of fishing, producing high quality catch. | show 🗑
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| Type of fisheries which do not target species for direct human consumption, such as the capture of fish for reduction into fish meal and fish oil. | show 🗑
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| A generic term used to describe fish from pole (or rod) and line, handline or longline fisheries. | show 🗑
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| Term for a fishery comprising more than one species. For example, a Northern European demersal fishery comprised of cod, haddock, whiting, pollack and saithe. | show 🗑
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| show | Pelagic
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| Acoustic device designed to deter marine mammals from entanglement in fishing nets. | show 🗑
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| Term for hand held or mechanically operated rod with baited hook or lure. | show 🗑
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| A trap used to capture fish, especially crustaceans such as lobsters. | show 🗑
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| show | Quota
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| A straight-sided artificial channel (usually concrete) in which fish are raised. | show 🗑
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| An isolated mountain situated on the sea floor. | show 🗑
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| show | Selectivity
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| Name for the mature part of a stock responsible for reproduction. | show 🗑
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| Also called fixed gears. Refers to fishing gears that are fixed to or on the seabed such as pots, traps or nets. These types of gears are passive as opposed to mobile gears. | show 🗑
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| Term given to a group of individuals or populations in a species occupying a well-defined spatial range independent of other populations of the same species. | show 🗑
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| show | Target species
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| Short for Total Allowable Catch; maximum tonnage, set each year, that may be taken of a fish species within an area. | show 🗑
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| The animal component of plankton; animals suspended or drifting in the water column including larvae of many fish and invertebrates. | show 🗑
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