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Young stage of animals, which for fish is usually between the post-larval stages up to becoming sexually mature. (Aydın, I., Küçük, E., Polat, H., Haşimoğlu, A. & Altuntaş, A. 2023. Black Sea turbot – A comprehensive production manual. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 693. FAO, Rome.https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6224en)

The ability of a cell or tissue to be induced to regenerate into a complete organism. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001)

Foods that are considered by the public as having superior health benefits, such as those produced with little or no preservatives, processing or pesticides. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41763)

A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs. (Wikipedia. 2025. Microprocessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor)

The physical health of plants, including the presence, risk and control of diseases. (Adapted from FAO, 2015)

An embargo is a government prohibition on trade with a country or a certain part of a country. This is usually due to political or economic reasons inside the country. (AGROVOC Team, 2024)

Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces. The fouling materials can consist of either living organisms (biofouling) or a non-living substance (inorganic or organic). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouling)

Document providing the legal and/or administrative facts on which the land administration object (right, restriction, responsibility, basic administrative unit, party, or spatial unit) is based on (ISO LADM)

Any human-made arrangement put into a water body for fish to spawn. (Adapted from Leopold, M. (comp.) (1978) Glossary of inland fishery terms / Glossaire de termes utilisés dans le domaine des pêches intérieures. EIFAC Occasional Paper (12): 126 p.)

Plants growing on the soil surface, typically compared with bare soil. This term can refer to existing flora, or that which is installed for erosion prevention, evapotranspiration, or carbon dioxide sequestration. (FAO. 2000. Land Cover Classification System)

Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36798)

The development of an embryo from a fertilized egg that only involves the paternal chromosomes from the male nucleus. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/8707)

Firmness is an intermediate level of hardness associated with nondestructive compression (Rosenthal, Andrew. (2024). An Exploration Into the Measurement and Reporting of Food Firmness and Hardness. Journal of Texture Studies. 55. 10.1111/jtxs.12873.)

Water hardness is the amount of dissolved calcium and magnesium in the water. Hard water is high in dissolved minerals, largely calcium and magnesium. (https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school)

Water vapour is the gaseous phase of water. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor)

Natural or genetic ability of a pest population that enable individuals to suppress or resist the injurious effects of particular types of pesticides that are toxic to other individuals of that species. (FAOTERM, 2024 https://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/)