Fishing: Searching for, attracting, locating, catching, taking or harvesting of living marine resources or any activity which can reasonably be expected to result in attracting, locating, catching, taking or harvesting of living marine resources. (FAO, 2014. Report of the 99th Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters, CCLM https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/24f79b1e-caaf-4254-acc2-aade20211ad1/content)
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"Fishing" defines the extent of the activities that should be regarded as fishing and include not only the harvesting or catching of fish but also any activity undertaken to search for, attract and locate fish prior to its being caught. "Fishing" is a general term; therefore it is recommended to use specific terms such as "commercial fishing", "experimental fishing", "sport fishing", etc. As an adjective is used for example: "fishing activity", "fishing boat".
Egg white is the clear liquid (also called the albumen or the glair) contained within an egg. (Wikipedia, 2024. Egg white. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_white)
The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2010/MB_cgi?mode=&index=11106&field=all&HM=&II=&PA=&form=&input=)
A rosette sampler (also known as a CTD-rosette or carousel) is a device used for water sampling in deep water. (Wikipedia, 2024. Rosette sampler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_sampler)
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CTD profilers may be incorporated into rosette samplers, c_269c0264.
Animals that effectively regulate their body temperature to a thermal set-point despite larger variations in ambient temperature are referred to as homeotherms. (Adapted from P. Frappell, K. Cummings, Homeotherms, Editor(s): Brian Fath, Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2008, Pages 429-437, ISBN 9780444641304,
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63768-0.00508-4.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444637680005084))
Processes that do not harm the environment whether in their production, use or disposal. They help preserve the environment by significantly reducing the pollution they could produce. (Adapted from FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Prolonged (multi-annual) withdrawal of groundwater from an aquifer in quantities exceeding average annual replenishment, leading to a persistent decline in groundwater levels and reduction of groundwater volumes. (Bierkens, Marc & Wada, Yoshihide. (2019). Non-renewable groundwater use and groundwater depletion: A review. Environmental Research Letters. 14. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab1a5f)
Authigenesis refers to processes by which minerals form, in place, within sediments and sedimentary rocks. (Boles J.R. (1978) Authigenesis. In: Sedimentology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31079-7_13)
