Fisheries dictionary

YIELDPERRECRUIT ANALYSIS

Analysis of how growth and natural mortality interact to determine the best size of animals to harvest; e.g. it may be more beneficial economically for fish to be caught when they are young and plentiful, or when older and larger but reduced in number by natural causes.

  1. yieldperrecruit analysis—analysis of how growth natural mortality and fishing interact to determine the best size of the fish at which to start fishing them and the most appropriate level of fish...Dictionary of ichthyology