AGROVOC

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever transmitted by ticks. (https://www.who.int)

The Douglas sea scale is a scale which measures the height of the waves and also measures the swell of the sea. The scale is very simple to follow and is expressed in one of 10 degrees. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_sea_scale)

A submarine plateau refers to a wide underwater landform composed of multiple plateaus, typically found in the ocean. (F.G. Bourrouilh-Le Jan, Bahama Archipelago: Environment and Health, Editor(s): J.O. Nriagu, Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Elsevier, 2011, Pages 263-275, ISBN 9780444522726, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00355-X)

A collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision)

Land governance: Concerns the rules, processes and structures through which decisions are made about access to land and its use, the manner in which the decisions are implemented and enforced, and the way that competing interests in land are managed. (Palmer, D., Fricska, S. & Wehrmann, B. 2009. Towards improved Land Governance. Land Tenure Working Paper 11. Rome, FAO https://www.fao.org/3/ak999e/ak999e.pdf Cited in https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9656en)

“Social-ecological resilience” refers to the ability of a social-ecological system to absorb change and disturbance without shifting to a new regime with a different set of processes and structures—i.e., without transforming into a new system state. (Walker, B. H., and Salt, D. (2006). Resilience Thinking: Sustaining People and Ecosystems in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Island Press.)

Organisms found on artificial surfaces like the sides of docks, marinas, harbors, and boats. Fouling organisms can have a negative economic impact on humans, by damaging the bottom of boats, docks, and other marine human-made structures. (Adapted from Wikipedia. 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouling_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouling_community)

The absence of genetic exchange between populations or species as a result of geographic separation or of mechanisms that prevent reproduction (IAEA. 2006. SIT-Glossary https://nucleus-qa.iaea.org/sites/naipc/twd/Pages/SIT-Glossary.aspx)

An oatcake is a type of flatbread similar to a cracker or biscuit, or in some versions takes the form of a pancake. They are prepared with oatmeal as the primary ingredient, and sometimes include plain or wholemeal flour as well. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oatcake)

Rice stripe virus (https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=61539&n=1&s=5&t=2)

Table grapes are grown from Vitis vinifera L., of the Vitaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. (FAO & WHO. 2011.Standard for Table Grapes. Codex Standard, No. CXS 255-2007. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)

Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure. Some animals that use this method of feeding are clams, krill, sponges, baleen whales, and many fish (including some sharks). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_feeder)

Marine depredation involves the removal of or damage to captured fish by predators. (Klizentyte, K., Cleary, M., Cox, D., et al. 2023. De-hooking depredation: Exploring multiple fisher perceptions about marine depredation in Florida. Ocean & Coastal Management, 241, 106677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106677)