➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean

➡ fishing within 9 miles of the shoreline and in water 30 meters deep or less

➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.

➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.

➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.

➡ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.

➡ The largest average yield (catch) that can be taken in the longterm from a stock, which corresponds to the yield expected from fishing at Fmsy.

➡ A group of fish of one species which shares com- mon ecological and genetic features.

➡ subpopulations of a particular species of aquatic resource, for which intrinsic parameters are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors are traditionally ignored.