natural mortality

natural mortality
a measure of the rate of removal of fish from a population from natural causes, not through fishing. Includes predation, cannibalism, senility, disease, pollution, etc. The balance that must be struck between natural mortality and fishing mortality to ensure an effective fishery is difficult. Natural morality can be reported as either annual or instantaneous. Annual mortality is the percentage of this fish dying in one year. Instantaneous mortality is the percentage of fish dying at any one time. Natural mortality is very high for young fish, with more than 99% dying in the first few months of life. Natural mortality for recruited fish is fairly steady at about 0.2, i.e. 2 fish in every 10, for groundfish, lower for Sebastes spp. (ca. 0.1), and higher for small pelagic fish. At a rate of 0.2, the chance of dying of natural causes in 1 in 5 at whatever age the fish happens to be. For a year class however, at a rate of 0.2, 45% of new recruits would die in less than 4 years from recruitment but 1% would survive more than 23 years

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