Stock Assessment
See also: Stock assessmentIn fisheries science and ecology, stock assessment is an important tool in fisheries management.
In particular, to ensure continued, healthy, fish stocks, measurements of the Spawning Stock Biomass (the stock population capable of reproducing) allows sensible conservation strategies to be developed and maintained through the application of sustainable fishing quotas.
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