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INLAND FISHERY [1 record]

Record 1 2022-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Any activity conducted to extract fish and other aquatic organisms from "inland waters[."]

CONT

Inland fisheries are both capture fisheries and aquaculture of inland fish species for food, income, or recreation.

OBS

The term "inland waters" is used to refer to lakes, rivers, brooks, streams, ponds, inland canals, dams, and other land-locked ... waters ... Whilst most inland waters are freshwater (i.e. zero salinity), there are many areas that are classified nationally as inland waters [that] have daily or seasonal fluctuations in salinity (e.g. estuaries, deltas, some coastal lagoons).

OBS

inland fishery: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • inland fisheries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Pesca comercial
  • Acuicultura
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