FishingMortalityAtMaximumSustainableYield: Fishing mortality at maximum sustainable yield (FMSY)

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Fishing mortality at maximum sustainable yield (FMSY)

Description

A biological reference point for fisheries management based on the fishing mortality rate (F) that achieves the maximum sustainable yield (MSY).

Usage

FishingMortalityAtMaximumSustainableYield

Format

Examples

Rationale

The notation used for reference points of commonly calculated values is inconsistent. For example, some use subscripts where the subscript can be in either all capital letters or all lower-case letters, some use lower-case letters for the type of reference point, and some use all capital letters.

Alternatives

Fproxy, F_msy, Fmsy

Range of possible values

0–Inf

Units

time^{-1}

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