1 for specific request mail
Fisheries Biology Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Fishery
Ans: the human and biological components of a fish harvest system
- Participants include fish, other fish, biologists, resource managers,
fishermen, processors, retailers and the public
Fishery Science
Assignment Expert
Ans: the mathematical and statistical approach to the study of fisheries
- ultimately research utilized for an assessment of the stock
Guru01 - Stuvia
(management unit)
Fishery Management
2026
Ans: the regulation of fishery stocks to achieve some pre-determined
objective
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- do assessments based off "defined stock or "unit stock"
- started in 70s
Types of Fisheries (7)
Ans: artisanal
recreational
commercial
industrial
inshore
offshore
, 2 for specific request mail
deep water
- acronym ARCIIOD; A Red Cat In India Ordered Drugs
Artisanal Fishery
Ans: low scale fishery among individual households using traditional
gear
- prominent in West coast salmon fisheries
Recreational Fishery
Assignment Expert
Ans: fishing for pleasure
- there's nothing preventing anyone to fish recreationally and it's almost
Guru01 - Stuvia
impossible to regulate (some bag limits for species)
Commercial Fishery
2026
Ans: for commercial production
- usually single boat operations to sell food in large scale to markets,
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restaurants, individuals etc.
Inshore Fishery
Ans: fishing on the shore
Offshore Fishery
Ans: fishing offshore, in a boat
Distant Water Fishery
Ans: usually fleets of ships fishing far off coast
Bycatch
Ans: unintended catch
, 3 for specific request mail
- can be unintended species, weight, age etc.
Biomass
Ans: total mass (kg) of a stock
n x average weight
n= number of fish
Spawning Stock Biomass (SSB)
Ans: biomass of mature fish
Assignment Expert
- usually refers to females; we have historically ignored males because we
just assumed there would be enough of them to spawn
Guru01 - Stuvia
Sexual Dimorphism
Ans: one sex of a species is larger than the other
2026
Spawning Stock Biomass per recruit
Ans: the contribution of the spawning stock biomass expected for an
©
individual fish
Spawning Potential Ratio (SPR)
Ans: spawning stock biomass in relationship to the unfished stock
Recruitment
Ans: addition of new members to a group
- can be very specific
ex. recruitment from egg to larval stage or recruitment to the fishery
based on minimum size
Knife-edge Recruitment
Fisheries Biology Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Fishery
Ans: the human and biological components of a fish harvest system
- Participants include fish, other fish, biologists, resource managers,
fishermen, processors, retailers and the public
Fishery Science
Assignment Expert
Ans: the mathematical and statistical approach to the study of fisheries
- ultimately research utilized for an assessment of the stock
Guru01 - Stuvia
(management unit)
Fishery Management
2026
Ans: the regulation of fishery stocks to achieve some pre-determined
objective
©
- do assessments based off "defined stock or "unit stock"
- started in 70s
Types of Fisheries (7)
Ans: artisanal
recreational
commercial
industrial
inshore
offshore
, 2 for specific request mail
deep water
- acronym ARCIIOD; A Red Cat In India Ordered Drugs
Artisanal Fishery
Ans: low scale fishery among individual households using traditional
gear
- prominent in West coast salmon fisheries
Recreational Fishery
Assignment Expert
Ans: fishing for pleasure
- there's nothing preventing anyone to fish recreationally and it's almost
Guru01 - Stuvia
impossible to regulate (some bag limits for species)
Commercial Fishery
2026
Ans: for commercial production
- usually single boat operations to sell food in large scale to markets,
©
restaurants, individuals etc.
Inshore Fishery
Ans: fishing on the shore
Offshore Fishery
Ans: fishing offshore, in a boat
Distant Water Fishery
Ans: usually fleets of ships fishing far off coast
Bycatch
Ans: unintended catch
, 3 for specific request mail
- can be unintended species, weight, age etc.
Biomass
Ans: total mass (kg) of a stock
n x average weight
n= number of fish
Spawning Stock Biomass (SSB)
Ans: biomass of mature fish
Assignment Expert
- usually refers to females; we have historically ignored males because we
just assumed there would be enough of them to spawn
Guru01 - Stuvia
Sexual Dimorphism
Ans: one sex of a species is larger than the other
2026
Spawning Stock Biomass per recruit
Ans: the contribution of the spawning stock biomass expected for an
©
individual fish
Spawning Potential Ratio (SPR)
Ans: spawning stock biomass in relationship to the unfished stock
Recruitment
Ans: addition of new members to a group
- can be very specific
ex. recruitment from egg to larval stage or recruitment to the fishery
based on minimum size
Knife-edge Recruitment
