Biology GCSE
Conservation methods
What Conservation methods means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conservation methods
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Reference: AQA
Controlling net size and introducing fishing quotas, which together aim to keep the rate of fishing below the rate at which the stock can replace itself.
Topics that use Conservation methods
- Sustainable fisheries (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Breeding population
- Fishing quotas
- Net size
- Fish stocks
- Local extinction
- Overfishing
- Recruitment
- Sustainable fisheries
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