SAVE THE BAIT
Sep 09, 2019
2 minutes
JASON SCHRATWIESER, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR, IGFA
• Two rates govern how long fish live: natural mortality and fishing mortality. Natural mortality is defined as death from predation or unfavorable environmental conditions and is especially high for juvenile fish. Fishing mortality is death from commercial and recreational exploitation of a stock. Most fisheries’ management measures involve output control measures that try to limit or control fishing mortality on various
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