Term:
Adult biomass; spawning biomass; spawning stock biomass
Definition:
Biomass of the stock (or of a cohort) which has already spawned at least once.; The total weight of all sexually mature fish in the population (both males and females). This quantity depends on the abundance of year classes, the exploitation pattern, the rate of growth, both fishing and natural mortality rates, the onset of sexual maturity, and environmental conditions.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
Fish Stock Assessment Manual, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 393, Fisheries Department, FAO, 2000.; FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 382, FAO (X2465).