Cruise Summary Reports are the usual means for reporting on cruises or field experiments at sea. Traditionally, it is the Chief Scientist's obligation to submit a CSR to his/her National Oceanographic Data Centre not later than two weeks after the cruise. This provides a first level inventory of measurements and samples collected at sea. (https://www.seadatanet.org/Metadata/CSR-Cruises)
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Preliminary report on results obtained during a cruise by one research vessel
An air gun (seismic) is used for marine reflection and refraction surveys. It consists of one or more pneumatic chambers that are pressurized with compressed air. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_source#Air_gun)
A bay is a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast. An indentation shall not, however, be regarded as a bay unless its area is as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation. (United Nations. 1982. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. PART II. Territorial sea and contiguous zone. Article 10. https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf)
Any food product that has undergone specific processes or treatments to enhance its safety, shelf life, nutritional value, or sensory qualities. These treatments are designed to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses, prevent spoilage, and improve the overall quality of the food. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. (Wikipedia, 2024. Anisoplia agricola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisoplia_agricola)
Food environment refers to the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural context in which consumers engage with the food system to make their decisions about acquiring, preparing and consuming food. (HLPE. 2017. Nutrition and food systems. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and
Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/i7846e/i7846e.pdf)
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The key elements of the food environment that influence food choices, food acceptability and diets are: physical and economic access to food (proximity and affordability); food promotion, advertising and information; and food quality and safety.
Movement of persons that takes place outside the laws, regulations, or international agreements governing the entry into or exit from the State of origin, transit or destination. (Sironi, A. C. Bauloz and M. Emmanuel (eds.), 2019. Glossary on Migration. International Migration Law, No. 34. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva.
https://publications.iom.int/books/international-migration-law-ndeg34-glossary-migration)
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There is no clear or universally accepted definition of irregular migration.
Indigenous Peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used and to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities to future generations in this regard. (Adapted by FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit (2022) from UNDRIP, 2007 https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf art, 26, 27 and State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, UN 2021 https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2021/03/State-of-Worlds-Indigenous-Peoples-Vol-V-Final.pdf)
Pumpkin seed cake is an underutilized by-product from pumpkin seed oil extraction. It is mainly used for an addition to animal feed. (Filbrandt, Katelyn R. Effect of Pumpkin Seed Oil Cake on the Textural and Sensory
Properties of White Wheat Bread https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2012/2012filbrandtk.pdf)
Autotomy or self-amputation, is the behaviour whereby an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, usually as a self-defense mechanism to elude a predator's grasp or to distract the predator and thereby allow escape. Some animals have the ability to regenerate the lost body part later. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotomy)
