Glossary

Showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish

Regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence, especially as opposed to God or animals

Substance that removes potentially damaging oxidizing agents in a living organism

Condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm

Bright red blood present in most arteries that has been oxygenated in lungs or gills

Harvested in a traditional or non-mechanized way

Test for measuring content

Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing

Injury to gas bladder caused by a change in air pressure

A type of generator that converts one form of energy to another form

View or belief that the rights and needs of humans are not more important than those of other living things

Constructed by humans

Large order of freshwater fish that occur in Africa, South America, and Central America

Short microscopic hairlike vibrating structures found in large numbers on the surface of certain cells causing currents in the surrounding fluid

Large group of pelagic fish including herring, shad, menhadens, sardine, anchovy, and their relatives

Naturally accompanying or associated

The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences

Proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved

Originally a wicker basket for harvested fish

Use of a water body for production of coldwater or warmwater fish in a hatchery or rearing station

Regarding the study of the nature of duty and obligation

Study of the nature of duty and obligation

Laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice

Separated into its component parts

An ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality

Treating self-interest as the foundation of morality

Regarding reproduction. occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals

Something by which a person, time, or event will be remembered

Catch that could be taken every year by a fixed amount of fishing effort, maintaining the stock at a constant level, assuming a steady-state situation "at equilibrium" with the total fishing effort in the long term

The quality of being fair and impartial

Tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

Action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood

Eliminated from existence in the wild

Not part of the essential nature of someone or something

Mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

Ability to produce an abundance of offspring, new growth, or number of eggs

Faithfulness to a reproductive partner

Limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water

Ground dried fish used as fertilizer or animal feed.

The activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport

Plant grown for its fiber, from which linen is made, and for its seed, from which oil and livestock feed are obtained

Make or become accustomed or used to something

Wastes discharged from fish hatchery

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

Ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood

An organism having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition

Diverse in character or content

Belief that the parts of something are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the whole

Similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but not necessarily in function

Process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid

Situated in the original place

Not known in advance or precisely fixed in extent

Keeping something in same position or moving in same direction

Addresses multiple species with one action plan

Belonging naturally or essential

Never wrong or violated

A kind of gelatin obtained from fish, especially sturgeon, and used in making jellies, glue, or clarifying ale

Narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

Person who makes slow progress and falls behind others

Letting things take their own course or abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market

Thin layers of living tissue

Deserving praise or commendation

Class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents

Relating to or denoting the zone of the seashore between high- and low-water marks, or the zone near a lake shore with rooted vegetation

Not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation

Starch or flour obtained from the root of cassava, a tropical tree

Treated as insignificant or peripheral

Test(s) for measuring content

A countless or extremely great number

A sensory receptor for painful stimuli

Establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

Restricted to a particular function or mode of life

Cell in an ovary which may undergo meiotic division to form an ovum

Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules

Mature female reproductive cells, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell

Possessing more capital than is advisable or necessary

A solution for all difficulties

A typical pattern

Involving or caused by compulsive or obsessive responses

Polychlorinated biphenyls: carcinogenic contaminants

Method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept

Expressing contempt or disapproval

Inhabiting the upper layers of a water body

Citrus-and-cheese-flavored fruit from a native tree of Brazil's highlands

A chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species

A sensory cell or sense organ, that responds to light falling on it

Tissue in the brain that secretes a hormone-like substance

Feeding on fish

An extinct reptile, specifically a plesiosaur with a short neck, large head, and massive toothed jaws

Condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, coexist.

To suggest or assume as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief

Person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession

Approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application

Having the female reproductive organs come to maturity before the male

A business entity that provides specific governmental services

Relating to theory of justice, developed by John Rawls, that aims to constitute a system to ensure the fair distribution of primary social goods

Increase in a natural population as progeny grow and immigrants arrive

Change direction when it enters at an angle

Traveling aimlessly from place to place

Recently hatched fish larva that is still too immature to achieve motility and relies on yolk sac for nutrition

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others

Most noticeable or important

The feeling or state of being full or satisfied

Disease caused by parasitic worms

Capacity to experience feelings and sensations

Leaders in a Muslim community or organization

Relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors

Observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required

Branch of science concerned with classification of organisms

Advocate for or member of a technically skilled elite

Relating to or involving the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose or consequences they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise

Type of hook or lure at the end of fishing line

Infringing or going beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior

The ability to infer social relationships between individuals

Transferred cargo from one ship or other form of transport to another

Position oneself in such a way as to appeal to or appease both left-wing and right-wing standpoints (as used in ethics)

Main constituent of natural fats and oils, and high concentrations in the blood indicate an elevated risk of stroke

Shorten the duration or extent of

Occurring everywhere

Relating to or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism: an act is good if it benefits the majority

Good for which demand increases as the price increases

Those fish that occur in same calendar year

One who holds the viewpoint or theory that focuses on animals, giving them preference above all other considerations