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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

gear selectivity  

DEFINITION

  • Refers to a fishing method's ability to target and capture organisms by size and species during the fishing operation allowing non-targets to be avoided or released unharmed.

    Created: 8/25/22

    (en)

BROADER CONCEPT

NARROWER CONCEPTS

ENTRY TERMS

  • Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    gear efficiency (en)
  • Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    trawl selectivity (en)

SCOPE NOTE

  • Restricted to biological sampling and fishing gear (en)

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URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8c601945

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