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Mathematical relationship between weight and length of individual fishes usually in the form of an exponential curve, expressed as: W = aLb where W is live weight in grams, L length (to specify type) in centimetres, a and b estimated constants. This relationship varies with the species and its environment. (Series / Manuels de la série Collection FAO: Formation. CD-ROM. Rome, FAO.; Coche, A.G. & Muir, J.F. (1998) Management for freshwater fish culture: fish stocks and farm management. Simple methods for aquaculture. FAO Training Series, (21/2): 341p. (ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/FAO_Training/General/x6709e/x6709e00.HTM); )

The output, outcome or impact of an intervention. (FAO, 2005)

Sustainable living means understanding how our lifestyle choices impact the world around us and finding ways for everyone to live better and lighter. (https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/resource-efficiency/what-we-do/sustainable-lifestyles)

The Accipitriformes are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey – including hawks, eagles, and kites, but not falcons. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes)

Species of embryophytes living in marine coastal waters. Flowering plants (angiosperms) that colonised the sea. They are the only flowering plants that can live under seawater and are not related to seaweeds. (ASFA)

Forest law comprises the package of laws and regulations governing production and protection of forests, as well as those that regulate the powers of the administration in forests subject to the forest law. (FAO. 2003. Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x2038e)

Used principally to control termites and textile pests, dieldrin has also been used to control insect-borne diseases and insects living in agricultural soils. Its half-life in soil is approximately five years. (Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, 2019. The 12 initial POPs under the Stockholm Convention https://www.pops.int/TheConvention/ThePOPs/The12InitialPOPs/tabid/296/Default.aspx)

Refers to a fishing method's ability to target and capture organisms by size and species during the fishing operation allowing non-targets to be avoided or released unharmed. ( FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, 2014 (http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/12282/en). )

Assignment is the cession by the tenant of a lease to another party. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version) ISBN 92-5-104283-7 http://www.fao.org/3/a-x2038e.pdf)

Machlomovirus is a genus of plant viruses, in the family Tombusviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machlomovirus)

Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is a special type of biofortified sweetpotato that contains high levels of beta-carotene. (CIP, 2017. Newly Launched Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) Platform to Fight Hidden Hunger in Nigeria https://cipotato.org/blog/newly-launched-orange-fleshed-sweetpotato-ofsp-platform-to-fight-hidden-hunger-in-nigeria/)

Climate proofing is a shorthand term for identifying risks to a development project, or any other specified natural or human asset, as a consequence of climate variability and change, and ensuring that those risks are reduced to acceptable levels through long-lasting and environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable changes implemented at one or more of the following stages in the project cycle: planning, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/28796/climate-proofing.pdf)

Branch of pisciculture specialized in the propagation and the rearing of eels. (Huet, M. (1986) Textbook of fish culture. Breeding and cultivation of fish. Farnham, Surrey, England, Fishing News Books Ltd. 438 p. 2nd ed.)

Çirişağusu (Asphodelus) L. Sp. Pl. 309 (1753) (http://www.bizimbitkiler.org.tr/v2/hiyerarsi.php?c=Asphodelus)

One of the catecholamine neurotransmitters in the brain. It is derived from tyrosine and is the precursor to norepinephrine and epinephrine. Dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal system of the brain, and important in regulating movement. (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68004298)

Soil mechanical properties include basic properties, such as cohesion, and composite properties, such as penetration resistance. (A.J. Koolen, P. Vaandrager, Relationships between soil mechanical properties, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, Volume 29, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 313-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8634(84)90086-6.)