Fishery fact sheets browser - FAO Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System
Original (non-English) name
Acronym
Fishery fact sheets browser - FAO FIRMS
Citation
Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS). FIRMS Fishery fact sheets browser. In: Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) [online]. Rome. Updated 9 January 2017. [Cited 15 November 2020]. http://www.fao.org/fishery/
Abstract
A Fishery is an activity leading to the harvesting of fish, within the boundaries of a defined area. The fishery concept fundamentally gathers indication of human fishing activity, including from economic, management, biological/environmental and technological viewpoints.
Different thematic approaches are envisaged, according to the disciplinary viewpoint prevailing in the identification of fishery units when a fisheries inventory is compiled:
Fishery Resource, Jurisdictional, Production System, Fishery Management Unit, Fishing Activity and Access Rights.