Biology GCSE
Fish stocks
What Fish stocks means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fish stocks
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Reference: AQA
Populations of fish that are harvested for food, and whose numbers are declining in the oceans.
Topics that use Fish stocks
- Sustainable fisheries (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Breeding population
- Conservation methods
- Fishing quotas
- Net size
- Local extinction
- Overfishing
- Recruitment
- Sustainable fisheries
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