distant-water fishery
1distant water fishery — a fishery carried out hundreds to thousands of kilometres from the home port of the fishing vessels, e.g. tuna fishery …
2Cod fishery — Cod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[ o]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the… …
3commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …
4Fishing industry in Scotland — found fishing to be of much greater social, economic and cultural importance to Scotland than to the rest of the UK. Scotland has just under 8.6% of the UK population but lands at its ports over 60% of the total UK catch of fishref|Royal.Many of… …
5Nauru Agreement — Concerning Cooperation In The Management Of Fisheries Of Common Interest Signed 11 February 1982[1] Location Nauru Effective 4 December 1982 Parties Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea …
6South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation — The South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)IntroductionPredating the Independence of Namibia in 1990, the International Commission for South East Atlantic Fisheries (ICSEAF) was responsible for the management of the fisheries in the… …
7Mario Puratić — (usually spelled Puretic, and sometimes Puretich, in English) is a Croatian born American inventor who made major advances in fishing technology, such as the Puretic power block. Puratić was born in 1917 in the town of Sumartin on the island of… …
8cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
9Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
10Marine protected area — Milford Sound, New Zealand is a Strict Marine Reserve (Category Ia) Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1,692 m (5,551 ft) above the sea.[1] Marine protected areas, like any protected area, are regions in which human activity has… …
