Socially-defined agreements held by individuals or groups (either recognized by law or customary norms) on the rights of access and the rules for use of either a land area or associated resources, such as individual trees, plant species, water, or animals. (CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research). 1999. The CIFOR criteria and indicators generic template. Jakarta, Indonesia, CIFOR. 53 pp.)
Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae, subfamily Sterninae, that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. (Wikipedia. 2025. Tern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tern)
Terracing or terrace cropping is found on sloping lands and is mainly used for erosion control and for growing crops on sloping lands, including mixed cultivation of annual and tree crops. Terracing is generally continuous. (Adapted from FAO. 2026. Draft World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2030. Master Draft March 2025. https://www.fao.org/media/docs/statisticslibraries/wca/wca-round-2030/wca_2030_full_13thdraft_05-03-2025.pdf)
The area beyond the tidal base line of the open coasts of a country over which that country exercises full control except for innocent passage of foreign vessels. Set at a maximum of 12 nautical miles in breadth by the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty, the United States claims territorial waters three nautical miles in width. (Keen, Elmer A. (1988): Ownership and productivity of marine fishery resources: An essay on the resolution of conflict in the use of the ocean pastures. McDonald and Woodward Publishing Co., Virginia, USA)
A stock driven by fishing at very low level of abundance compared to historical levels, with dramatically reduced spawning biomass and reproductive capacity. It requires particularly energetic rebuilding strategies and its recovery time will depend on the present condition, the level of protection and the environmental conditions. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, 2014. )
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A stock (or population) suffering from recruitment overfishing
Surfactants that are synthesized by living cells or organisms, including microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/193159)
The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology, a branch of microbiology. (Parson M (2021) Relevant Studies in Bacteriology. J Adv Dairy. 10:564. DOI: 10.35248/2329-888X.21.9.564)
The tertiary sector is the sector of the economy that concerns services. It is distinct from the secondary sector (manufacturing) and the primary sector (which concerns extraction such as mining, agriculture and fishing). (Eurostat Glossary https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Tertiary_sector Accessed 22 May 2023)
The male gonad containing two functional parts: the semniferous tubules for the production and transport of male germ cells (spermstogenesis) and the interstitial compartment containing Leydig cells that produce androgens. (MeSH. Testis http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013737)
Process to examine the specified characteristics of a sample. (CAC/GL 83-2013 Principles for the use of sampling and testing in international food
trade)
A systematic acquisition, analysis and communication of information relating to stocks, flows and fluxes of water (from sources to sinks) in natural, disturbed or heavily engineered environments. (FAO. 2022. The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture – Systems at breaking point. Main report. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9910en)
