Dictionary of ichthyology

CONDITIONAL FISHING MORTALITY RATE

conditional fishing mortality rate: translation

the fraction of an initial stock which would be caught during the year (or season) if no other causes of mortality operated (Ricker, 1975). Also called annual or seasonal fishing mortality rate. Abbreviated as m orm

  1. conditional fishing mortality rate—conditional fishing mortality rate translationThe fraction of an initial stock which would be caught during the year or season if no other causes of mortality operated. A...Fisheries dictionary