In salmonids, it is a bacterial disease that causes epizootic infections and is characterized by burn-like furuncles (boils) on the body. (Translated from http://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/FileHandler2.ashx?f=balik-hastaliklari-ders-notu.pdf)
Edge waves are waves running along the shore and contained within the surf zone. They are formed by reflection of incident and infragravity waves off the beach and their refraction and entrapment within the surf zone. (Anton McLachlan, Omar Defeo, Chapter 2 - The Physical Environment, Editor(s): Anton McLachlan, Omar Defeo, The Ecology of Sandy Shores (Third Edition), Academic Press,
2018, Pages 5-35, ISBN 9780128094679, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809467-9.00002-3)
Customary land rights refer to the enjoyment of some use of land that arises through customary, unwritten practice rather than through written codified law. (FAO. 2003. Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x2038e )
The residue obtained by drying defatted milk. It contains 8% maximum moisture. (Tacon, A.G.J., 1987. The nutrition and feeding of farmed fish and shrimp - A training manual 2. Nutrient sources and composition. FAO Field Document. Project GCP/RLA/075/ITA, Field Document No. 5/E Brasilia, Brazil, 129 p. https://www.fao.org/4/ab468e/AB468E00.htm)
Pole beans are plants of Phaseolus vulgaris with a climbing habit and produce a twisting vine, which must be supported by poles, trellises, or other. means. Classification as "bush beans" and "pole beans" is independent of the distinction of the use as "dry beans" or "green beans". (Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean)
The almond bark beetle, Scolytus amygdali, is a polypha-gous beetle that can infest many species of fruit and forest trees. Scolytusa amygdali has been recorded widely from the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, Asia as a serious economically pest attacking wild and cultivated trees of Rosaceae. (Zeiri A, Ahmed MZ, Braham M, Qiu BL. Host suitability analysis of the bark beetle Scolytus amygdali (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Bull Entomol Res. 2015 Aug;105(4):434-40. doi: 10.1017/S0007485315000176. Epub 2015 Mar 26. PMID: 25809539.)
Disease severity is a term used to characterize the impact that a disease process has on the utilization of resources, comorbidities, and mortality. (Gambert, S. (2013). Disease Severity. In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_1385)
Pond in which table fish is produced. (FAO. 1978. Glossary of inland fishery terms, EIFAC Occasional Paper No. 12 https://www.fao.org/4/ae987b/AE987B01.htm)
The “ram effect” is when non-cycling ewes are stimulated to ovulate by the sudden introduction of a novel ram. (Wansheng Liu, Troy Ott, in Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition), 2018.)
A series of procedures in a branch or sector in which the standard of conduct is laid down (often with respect to hygiene and safety). (FAO, 2010. Good Practices for the Feed Industry, FAO Animal Production and Health Manual No. 9 http://www.fao.org/3/i1379e/i1379e.pdf)
Products in which the natural water content has been reduced below that critical for growth for microorganisms without affecting the important nutrients. (FAO & WHO. 2023. General Standard for Food Additives. Codex Standard, No. CXS 192-1995. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
The contamination or degradation of freshwater by the addition of harmful substances or excessive levels of certain natural or man-made pollutants. It occurs when pollutants or contaminants are introduced into water bodies in quantities that exceed the natural capacity of the environment to absorb them, dilute, or break them down. Water pollution may also include the release of energy, in the form of radioactivity or heat, into bodies of water. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
A quantitative limit placed on the use of water. Water quotas define a maximum quantity of water extraction or a minimum water table level. (Adapted from https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47045 and https://newmedit.iamb.it/bup/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nm1804c_Chebil.pdf)
Scolymus (golden thistle or oyster thistle) is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to northwestern France. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolymus)
