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bycatch reduction device — bycatch excluder device … Dictionary of ichthyology
Bycatch — are species caught in a fishery while it is intended to catch another species or reproductively immature juveniles of the target species. The OECD (1997) defines bycatch as total fishing mortality excluding that accounted directly by the retained … Wikipedia
Cetacean bycatch — Group of Fraser s dolphins. Cetacean bycatch is the incidental capture of non target cetacean species by fisheries.[1] Species which are seriously affected by this include dolphins, porpoises, and … Wikipedia
Shrimp fishery — A shrimp fishery is a fishery directed toward harvesting either shrimp or prawns. (Fisheries do not generally distinguish between the two taxa, and the terms are used interchangeably). A number of the largthat include shrimp form part of the… … Wikipedia
Diamondback terrapin — hand colored lithograph from Holbrook s North American Herpetology (1842) Conservation status … Wikipedia
BRD — Board (Governmental » US Government) *** Bundesrepublik Deutschland (International » German) * Broadcast (Governmental » NASA) * Bovine Respiratory Disease (Medical » Veterinary) * BallRacing Developments (Community » Sports) * BallRacing… … Abbreviations dictionary
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
Drum lines — A drum line is an aquatic device used to reduce the amount of shark attacks in popular beaches by capturing the shark on the drum line s hook. While most drum lines are used in addition to the shark net, it has been proven that the drum line is… … Wikipedia
Upwelling — If the wind in blows parallel to the coast in the southern hemisphere (such as along the coast of Peru, where the wind blows North), then Ekman transport produces a net movement of surface water 90 degrees to the left. This can result in coastal… … Wikipedia
Dead zone (ecology) — This article is about the oceanic phenomenon. For other uses, see Dead Zone (disambiguation). Red circles show the location and size of many dead zones. Black dots show dead zones of unknown size. The size and number of marine dead zones areas… … Wikipedia
