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The country has full ownership.
Territorial Sea
Sampling and estimating fish populations.
Monitoring
Annual catch limits are established at or below the maximum sustainable yield for each fishery.
Quotas
Must be minimized to the "extent practicable."
Bycatch
Country the fish was caught from.
Source
The country owns all fishing and mineral rights.
Exclusive Economic Zone
Parts of the ocean where no organisms can legally be harvested.
Marine Reserves
Fish pens
Food, antibiotics, and supplements.
Inputs
Whether the fish was wild-caught or farmed via aquaculture.
Method
No single country has governance.
International Waters
Fish sewage, coliform bacteria.
Waste products
Grows organisms lower trophic levels in the fish waste stream.
Multi-trophic aquaculture
Uses the nitrogen cycle to grow both plants and fish together in the same system.
Aquaponics
Audited by the Marine Stewardship Council for sustainable practices.
MSC Certification
An international trade agreement that prohibits or limits trade of certain species, based on conservation status.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Prohibits the taking of mammals that rely on the ocean to survive.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
Prevents the "taking" of any species identified and listed which includes bycatch.
The Endangered Species Act
Fish release waste, which bacteria decompose into ammonia.
Ammonification
The federal law that regulates all ocean fishing in the United States.
The Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)
Different bacteria convert into nitrates.
Nitrification
Uptake of nitrates into plants through roots.
Assimilation