Fisheries dictionary

FISHING MORTALITY

fishing mortality: translation

A mathematical expression of the rate of deaths of fish due to fishing. Fishing mortality is often expressed as a rate that indicates the percentage of the population caught in a year; e.g. a fishing mortality rate of 0.2 implies that approximately 20% of the population will be removed in a year due to fishing; see also mortality and natural mortality.

  1. fishing mortality—fishing mortality translationdeaths or removal of fish from a population due to fishing. Usually expressed as the annual mortality the percentage of fish dying in one yea...Dictionary of ichthyology