FORESTRY
GENERAL FORESTRY
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Question
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What is a fishing quota?
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The number of fish that is not allowed to be fish in a fishery.
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The money fishing companies get for catching fish
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The maximum quantity of fish that is allowed to be removed from a fishery.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The overfishing limit (OFL) is the maximum amount of a stock that can be caught in a year without resulting in overfishing. Groundfish OFLs for assessed stocks are typically determined by multiplying the estimated abundance of the exploitable biomass of a stock by the FMSY harvest rate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overfishing is defined as the removal of a fish species from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot replenish, resulting in the species becoming underpopulated or extirpated in that area.
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