Fisheries vocabulary - Unit 4 topic 2

Fish that are normally caught on the seabed

• Demersal Fish

• Pelagic Fish

• Benthic fish

• Bycatch

Fish that are normally caught on the sea surface or in the water column

• Demersal Fish

• Pelagic Fish

• Benthic fish

• Bycatch

What is caught while fishing, but not wanted. Non-target species

• Demersal Fish

• Pelagic Fish

• Benthic fish

• Bycatch

Individual portions of the total catch which enable the holder to catch a certain amount of fish each season. They can be sold or leased to others

• Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ)

• Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

• Output controls

• Input controls

Restrictions put on the amount of effort put into a fishery, eg restricting types and size of fishing gear or the amount of fishing time

• Input controls

• Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

• Output controls

• Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ)

Restrictions imposed on the quantity of fish that can be taken from a fishery within a certain time period.

• Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ)

• Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

• Output controls

• Input controls

The amount of fish of a particular species that can be taken from a fishery in a certain period.

• Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ)

• Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

• Output controls

• Input controls

Waters adjacent to Australia, extending 200 nautical miles from the shore, in which Australia exercises juridiction over all fishing.

• Australian fishing zone (AFZ)

• MSY Maximum sustainable yield

• MEY Maximum economic yield

• Fishing permit

the largest long-term average catch that can be taken from a stock without damaging its ability to replace lost organisms.

• Australian fishing zone (AFZ)

• MSY Maximum sustainable yield

• MEY Maximum economic yield

• Fishing permit

the value of the largest positive difference between total revenues and total costs of fishing (including the cost of labour and capital).

• Australian fishing zone (AFZ)

• MSY Maximum sustainable yield

• MEY Maximum economic yield

• Fishing permit