Glossary |
N |
| neritic | |
| Neritic technically refers to the productive waters over the continental shelf, although it is used more generally to describe fish that live in these nearshore waters. | |
| net increase (or decrease) | |
| New body substance elaborated in a stock, less the loss from all forms of mortality. | |
| nominal catch | |
| The sum of the catches that are landed (expressed as live weight or equivalents). Nominal catches do not include unreported discards. | |