demersal fishery

demersal fishery
a fishery concentrating on the capture of demersal species

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Demersal fish — Bluespotted ribbontail ray resting on the seafloor Demersal fish live on or near the bottom of the sea or lakes.[1] They occupy the sea floors and lake beds, which usually consist of mud, sand, gravel or rocks …   Wikipedia

  • Fishery — See also: fishing and fishing industry A salmon fishery with salmon spawning within the Becharof Wilderness in southern Alaska. Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising and/or harvesting fish, which is determined by some… …   Wikipedia

  • mixed fishery — a fishery catching several species, often a demersal fishery …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Scottish east coast fishery — The Scottish east coast fishery has been in existence for more than a thousand years, spanning the Viking period right up to the present day. A brief historyThe fishery has always been for both whitefish and herring. The Norsemen came to Scotland …   Wikipedia

  • Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics — The Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP)[1] provides a mechanism to coordinate fishery statistical programmes of regional fishery bodies and other inter governmental organizations with a remit for fishery statistics. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

  • Fisheries glossary — This is a glossary of terms used in fisheries, fisheries management and fisheries science. A * Abundance is a measure of how many fish are in a population or a fishing ground. See relative abundance and absolute abundance.* Acoustic survey a… …   Wikipedia

  • commercial 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… …   Universalium

  • Pelagic fish — A school of large pelagic predator fish (giant trevally) sizing up a school of small pelagic prey fish (anchovies) Pelagic fish live near the surface or in the water column of coastal, ocean and lake waters, but not on the bottom of the sea or… …   Wikipedia

  • Cod fisheries — Atlantic cod Pacific cod Cod f …   Wikipedia

  • Pacific ocean perch — Taxobox name = Pacific ocean perch image width = 250px image caption = Adult S. alutus in the Gulf of Alaska regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Scorpaeniformes familia = Sebastidae genus = Sebastes species = S.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”