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LIMIT REFERENCE POINT [1 record]

Record 1 2020-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

... the stock level below which productivity is sufficiently impaired to cause serious harm.

CONT

The limit reference point marks the boundary between the cautious and critical zones. When a fish stock level falls below this point, there is a high probability that its productivity will be so impaired that serious harm will occur.

OBS

In the context of fisheries management ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

[...] niveau de stock au-dessous duquel la productivité est suffisamment altérée pour causer de graves dommages.

CONT

Le niveau de référence limite établit la limite entre la zone de prudence et la zone critique. Lorsque la taille d'un stock de poissons tombe en deçà de ce niveau, la probabilité est élevée que la productivité soit suffisamment altérée pour entraîner de graves dommages.

OBS

Dans le contexte de la gestion des pêches ...

Spanish

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