Term:
Optimum yield (in fish harvest)
Definition:
A deliberate melding of biological, economic, social, and political values designed to produce the maximum benefit to society from a stock of fish.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
Roedel, P.M. (ed.). 1975. Optimum Sustainable Yield as a Concept in Fisheries Management. American Fisheries Society, Special publication, 9:89p.
