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51sustainable yield — The number or weight of fish in a stock that can be taken by fishing without reducing the stock biomass from year to year, assuming that environmental conditions remain the same …
52annual mortality — the percentage of fish dying in one year due to natural causes. May also include those taken through fishing …
53hooked — over reached, tricked, caught, being a simile taken from fishing and the slang fish hooks meaning fingers …
54sustainable catch — the number or weight of fish in a stock that can be taken by fishing without reducing the stock biomass from year to year, assuming that environmental conditions remain the same …
55total catch — all the fish taken by fishing gear and hauled on board a vessel. Discards are those fish thrown away, the remainder is the landed catch or retained catch. The landed catch can be divided into the target catch and the incidental catch. Species may …
56capacity — fishing capacity is the quantity of fish that can be taken over a period of time (year, season) by a fishing unit, e.g. an individual, community, vessel or fleet, assuming that there is no limitation on the yield from the stock usually expressed… …
57progging — fishing for eels hidden in holes with a stocking needle fastened by the eye to the end of a willow wand, and to the middle of it is tied a long string. The free end is baited with a worm. This is then pushed into the hole. As soon as the eel has… …
58cañada — /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 …
59Canada — /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… …
60environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
