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MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-25

English

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

The largest average catch or yield that can continuously be taken from a stock under existing environmental conditions.

CONT

The aim of modern biological fishery management is maintaining the resource at the level of maximum sustainable yield, which means reaching a balance between the capacity of the resource to renew itself and the harvest that man may safely take.

French

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

Prise maximale qui peut être prélevée pendant une période indéfinie sans causer l'épuisement du stock, en supposant que les prélèvements et la mortalité naturelle sont équilibrées par un recrutement et une croissance stables.

OBS

Le rendement maximal durable (RMD) […] est la plus grande quantité de captures que l'on peut extraire d'un stock halieutique à long terme et en moyenne, dans les conditions environnementales existantes (moyennes), sans affecter significativement le processus de reproduction […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Proporción de una población animal que se puede explotar sin disminuir o poner en peligro las tasas de reproducción y de reemplazo.

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