“Maximum sustainable yield” in a marine fishery means the highest average yield over time that does not result in a continuing reduction in stock abundance, taking into account fluctuations in abundance and environmental variability.
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 96.5
Marine Life Definitions
Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4
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