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Fish stocks
Semi-discrete subpopulations of a particular species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Fish stock (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Stockfish.
Fish stocks are subpopulations of a particular species of fish, for which intrinsic parameters (growth, recruitment, mortality and fishing mortality) are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors (immigration and emigration) are traditionally ignored.
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Global trends in the state of world marine fish stocks
as reported by FAO 1974-2015
as reported by FAO 1974-2015