1. The total fishing gear in use for a specified period of time. When two or more kinds of gear are used, they must be adjusted to some standard type. 2. Effective fishing effort.
Quantity of effort using a given fishing gear over a given period of time. E.g.: rod-hours or trawl duration.
The amount of fishing gear of a specific type used on the fishing grounds over a given unit of time, e.g. the number of hauls of a beach seine net per day.
The total amount of fishing activity on the fishing grounds over a given period of time, often expressed for a specific gear type e.g. number of hours trawled per day, number of hooks set per day or number of hauls of a beach seine per day. Fishing effort would frequently be measured as the product of (a) the total time spent fishing, and (b) the amount of fishing gear of a specific type used on the fishing grounds over a given unit of time. When two or more kinds of gear are used, they must be adjusted to some standard type in order to derive and estimate of total fishing effort.
the amount of fishing gear of a specific type used over a given unit of time, e.g. hours trawled per day; the overall amount of fishing expressed in units of time e.g. number of hauls per boat per day.
The amount of time and fishing power used to harvest fish. Fishing power includes gear size, boat size, and horsepower.
amount of fishing taking place, usually described in terms of gear type and frequency or period during which the gear is in use; for example, ‘hook-sets', ‘trawl-hours', ‘searching hours'.
Amount of fishing taking place, usually described in terms of gear type and frequency or period for which it is in use, e.g. ‘hook-sets', ‘trawl hours', searching hours'.