ENVS195 FINAL EXAM Flashcards
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Nature (‘first’ ‘second’ ‘third’)
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- First nature: perceives nature as a place that is pristine and untouched by humans. Human nature dichotomy. Connection to idea of “Eden”(paradise untouched by human sin). Conservation areas established as places where human disruptions are limited; nature protected from humans.
- Second Nature: sees nature as a a resources; a place or thing that has items or things that are useful to humans (ie, soil, elements, minerals). Resources that have utility for people. Relationship to human labour; turning resources into something of higher value. Protect nature as it may offer some higher value (cancer cure in amazon)
- Third Nature: Nature is a commodity; refers to nature in its entirety. Tourism to see nature that is perceived as beautiful, tourism generates money. Nature has benefits for humans in terms of health and wellness. Idea/dreams of isolation from regular human activity and living alone in nature.
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Total Naturalism
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all beings and events in the earth are natural
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Strong Naturalism/naturalized human distinctiveness
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humans are part of nature but our cognitive capacity sets us apart from nature and other species.
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Human Execeptionalism
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humans are separate from and have transcended from nature
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anthropocentric value
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intrinsic value
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nature has value in and of itself regardless of humans. Rights of other living species. Ecocentric/biocentric
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ecocentric vs. biocentric
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instrumental value
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Connected to feelings and emotions. There is value of aesthetic beauty.
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relational value
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Connection to cultural identity. Cultural sense of stewardship to where we are connected
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environmental justice
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environmental racisim
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dr. robert d. bullard
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dr. rev. benjamin chavis
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Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows)
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation
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Africville
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Bill C-230 (A national strategy to redress environmental racism)
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Mauri vs. Maori
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Mauri is the belief that all animals/ non animal creatures have life force. Your mauri is intimately connected to the mauri around you. The relationship is ancestral/geneological.
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Kaitiakitanga
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stewardship, with a responablitly to foster the mauri around you. As long as a community exsists, so does the responsiblitiy.
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Te Awa Tupua
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Treaty of Waitangi
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Malthusian Theory
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Demographic Transition Model
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Environemntal Kuznets curve
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IPAT equation
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Decoupling (impact decoupling, resource decoupling, relative decoupling, absolute decoupling)
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degrowth
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donut economics
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planetary boundaries framework
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animal welfare
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animal rights
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sentience
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mechanistic worldviews and rene descartes
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cultural determinism
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acts of necessity
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treaty rights
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self-determination rights
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cultural imperialism
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Biodiversity (genetic, species, ecosystem)
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Natural selection, adaptive and maladaptive traits
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Stabilizing, directional, and diversifying selection
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Divergent and convergent evolution
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Species richness vs Species evenness
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Keystone species
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Ecosystem engineers
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Foundation species
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Speciation (allopatric, sympatric), extinction, extirpation, endemic
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Equilibrium model of island biogeography
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Biogeochemical cycle, nutrient cycle, matter cycle
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Gaseous cycles vs sedimentary cycles
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Source, sink, fluxes
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Residence time
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Lithosphere
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Soil organic carbon
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Stomata
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Physical and biological carbon pump
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Chemical and physical weathering
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Geologic uplift
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Eutrophication
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Biodiversity hotspots
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Ecological succession (primary vs secondary)
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Seral stages
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Primary colonizers
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Alien species vs Invasive alien species
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Positive and negative feedback loops
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Laws of thermodynamics
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Entropy
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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
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Gross primary productivity, net primary productivity, community productivity
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Trophic levels
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Biotic pyramids
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Transfer efficiency
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Assimilation
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Metabolism, anabolic, catabolic processes
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Food webs, food chains
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Benthic zone
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Phenological mismatch
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Acidification
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Jurisdiction
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Tragedy of the commons
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Political power
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Precautionary principle
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Ecosystem services
- Provisioning services
- Regulating services
- Supporting services
- Cultural services
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Payment for ecosystem services
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Carbon sequestration
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Desertification
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Afforestation / reforestation
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Soil erosion
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Monoculture
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Groundwater recharge
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Downstream
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Arid
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Evapotranspiration
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA)
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA, 2012)
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Impact Assessment Act, 2019 (IAA, 2019)
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Screenings, Comprehensive Study, Review Panel
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Project List
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Provincial Substitutes
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Consult vs consent
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Regional and Strategic Assessments
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Identified resources, undiscovered resources, reserves, other resources
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Ore and gangue
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Tailings
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Smelting
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Prosperity Mine
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Tsilhqot’in
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SLAPPs
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Building back better
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Banda Aceh
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Tsunami
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Buffer zone
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Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS)
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Waste and e-waste
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Planned obsolescence
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Formal and informal recycling
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Circular economy
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Basel Convention and the Basel Ban Amendment
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Extended Producer Responsibility
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Product Stewardship
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Atmosphere
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weather
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climate
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climate change
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global warming
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el niño
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Milankovitch cycles
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greenhouse effect
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Phenological mismatch
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Multi-year ice vs first-year ice
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Acute, sub-acute, and chronic hazards
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Eco-anxiety
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Eco-grief
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Eco-paralysis
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Eco-guilt
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Solastalgia
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Gidden’s Paradox
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Problem-focused coping
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Emotion-focused coping
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Meaning-focused coping
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Atmosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
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trace gases
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
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Particulate matter
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Aerosols
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Persistent organic pollutants
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Photochemical pollution
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Diffusion
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Convection
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Ozone
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Ultraviolet radiation (UV rays)
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
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Green Revolution
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Soil acidity
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Irrigation
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Salinization
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Organic matter
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nutrient loss
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fertilizer
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insecticide resistance
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monoculture
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
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Antibiotics
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Eutrophication
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Bioaccumulation
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Biomagnification
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
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Ecological Farming
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Callosities
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Baleen
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Calf and Calving Rate
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Reproduction
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Entanglement
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Buoy
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Floating Line
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End line
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noise pollution
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seismic air guns
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vessel strikes
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blunt force trauma
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shifting baseline
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prey switching
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serial depleation
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fishing down the food chain
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bycatch
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bottom trawling
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sustainable fisheries framework
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critical zone, cautious zone, health zone
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limit reference point
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upper stock reference
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harvest decision rules
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spawning stock biomass
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removal reference
