optimum sustainable population
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
Optimum sustainable population.—The term "optimum sustainable population" means, with respect to any population stock, the number of animals that will result in the maximum productivity of the population or the species, keeping in mind the carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.
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- 2018–present10 U.S.C. § 8635Armed Forces · Repealed. Pub. L. 90235, 6(a)(7), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 762] · in this section
The term “optimum sustainable population” means, with respect to any population stock, the number of animals which will result in the maximum productivity of the population or the species, keeping in mind the carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.
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- 1994–present16 U.S.C. § 1362Conservation · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter