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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
Fishery Resources Monitoring System — The Fishery Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) is a partnership of intergovernmental fisheries organizations that share a wide range of high quality information on the global monitoring and management of marine fishery resources.Activities*FIRMS … Wikipedia
Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act — The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act,[1] commonly referred to as the Magnuson–Stevens Act, is the primary law governing marine fisheries management in the United States. The law is named after Warren G. Magnuson, former… … Wikipedia
Harold Innis and the cod fishery — Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 ndash; November 8, 1952) was a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on Canadian economic history and on media and communication theory. He helped develop… … Wikipedia
U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils — The eight US regional fishery management councils are the primary forums for developing conservation and management measures for U.S. marine fisheries. They are established by the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management ActThe… … Wikipedia
open access equilibrium — when all of the excess profits or economic rent that attracts new entrants to a developing fishery have been dissipated in the costs associated with the additional fishing effort. The fishery is no longer attractive to new entrants. Usually… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Yemen — /yem euhn, yay meuhn/, n. 1. Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People s Democratic Republic of Yemen. 13,972,477; 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Cap.: (political) San a. Cap.:… … Universalium
Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… … Universalium
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
cañada — /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 … Universalium
