Statistical Terms Glossary

1. Any operation in support of, or in preparation for, any marine farming. 2. Includes the farming, culturing, ranching, enhancement and breeding of fish or marine life for trade, business or research

The marine food web is dominated by micro, nano, and pico plankton.

An occurrence or event being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of a marine vessel in motion at sea, other than a marine casualty, that endangered, or, if not corrected, would endanger the safety of the vessel, its occupants or any other person or the environment.

The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources defines the marine living resources as the populations of finfish, molluscs, crustaceans, and all other species of living organisms, including birds, found south of the Antarctic Convergence.

Is a statute enacted in 1972 by the United States to protect marine mammals and their habitat. Species covered by the Act include whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, and walruses.

A marine park is a permanent marine reservation for the conservation of species. It constitutes an extension, to the undersea world, of the concept of the terrestrial national park

The introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries) resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities including fishing, impairment of quality for use of seawater and reduction of amenities.

A protected marine intertidal or subtidal area, within territorial waters, EEZs or in the high seas, set aside by law or other effective means, together with its overlying water and associated flora, fauna, historical and cultural features. It provides degrees of preservation and protection for important marine biodiversity and resources; a particular habitat (e.g. a mangrove or a reef) or species, or sub-population (e.g. spawners or juveniles) depending on the degree of use permitted. The use of MPAs (for scientific, educational, recreational, extractive and other purposes including fishing) is strictly regulated and could be prohibited.

zone protégée (en mer)

Such systems have marine (including physical–biological) and human (including cultural, management, economic, and socio–political) components which are highly inter-connected and interactive. Changes in marine ecosystems have impacts on, and consequences for, the human communities that depend on these systems, and vice versa, and how these human communities respond to changes in their environment can have reciprocal impacts on marine ecosystems.

Number of live births to married women per 1,000 married women ages 15-49 in a given year.

Non-consensual vaginal, anal or oral penetration of the body of another person where the penetration is of a sexual nature, with any bodily part or with an object, as well as to any other non-consensual acts of a sexual nature, by a spouse or ex-spouse or by a former or current partner with whom a victim of rape is or has been living in a partnership recognised by the national law.

Marital status is the personal status of each individual in relation to the marriage laws or customs of the country. The categories of marital status to be identified are at least the following: (a) Single, in other words, never married; (b) Married; (c) Widowed and not remarried; (d) Divorced and not remarried; (e) Married but separated.

A contiguous stretch of coastline, together with islands offshore, defined either in terms of one or more ranges of ports along it, or in terms of the latitude and longitude of one or more sets of its extremities.

A regular short sea service between two ports, with or without intermediate calls. These operate either:
-        According to a published timetable; or
-        With crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizably systematic series.

Exclusive zone, contiguous zone, fishing zone, territorial sea, internal waters.

The exposure in securities or other contracts, calculated at current market prices.