Biology GCSE
Recruitment
What Recruitment means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Recruitment
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Reference: AQA
The production of young fish, which collapses if fishing removes most large adults before they can spawn.
Topics that use Recruitment
- Sustainable fisheries (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Breeding population
- Conservation methods
- Fishing quotas
- Net size
- Fish stocks
- Local extinction
- Overfishing
- Sustainable fisheries
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