Statistical Terms Glossary

Fish or other fauna (e.g. birds or marine mammals) that are caught during fishing, but which are not sold or kept for personal use. In commercial fishing these include both fish discarded for economic reasons (economic discards) and because regulations require it (regulatory discards). Fish released alive under catch-and-release fishery management programs are not normally considered as bycatch.

In Indonesia this term is synonymous with TED, a term that initially meant turtle excluder device, but sometimes means trawl efficiency device. It is an inclined grid or net panel that prevents large animals from entering that codend. TEDs not only exclude turtles but also sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, sponges and large fish.; A physical device installed in a fishing gear that is designed to reduce bycatch.

Includes all non-target animals and non-living material (debris) which are caught while fishing. In shrimp-trawl fisheries bycatch may be defined as anything the fisherman does not intend to catch and may include turtles, fish, crabs, sharks, stingrays, pieces of coral, weed and seabed debris. Sometimes this is called incidental or accidental catch.

The term “bycatch” is widely used to refer to that part of the catch unintentionally captured during a fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting both of other commercial or non-commercial fish species (also known as discards) and incidental catches of vulnerable species (namely sea turtles, seabirds, elasmobranchs and marine mammals).

By-mortality is the mortality of marine organisms from injuries caused by encounters with the fishing gear during the fishing process.

Arrangements or facilities whereby a customer can access long-distance, international, or other services without using the local operating company's switched network, thus avoiding payment of access charges. More generally, any means whereby customers avoid usage of a monopoly service or facility.

It is a road Constructed by Israeli Occupation to link the Settlements with each other and with Israel.

Main Switch receive main cables from the switch to be distributed to the subscribers.

Is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via radio waves) in which a television antenna is required.

Sea transport between two ports (a port of loading/embarkment and a port of unloading/ disembarkment) located in the same country irrespective of the country in which the seagoing vessel is registered.

Group of agricultural exporting nations lobbying for agricultural trade liberalization. It was formed in 1986 in Cairns, Australia just before the beginning of the Uruguay Round. Current membership: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.

See horizontal spread.

Demand that a guarantee be paid.

A loan on a demand basis (i.e., which either the borrower or lender may terminate at will).

See call money rate.

A loan contract which is automatically renewed every day unless the lender or the borrower indicates that it wishes the funds to be returned within a short period of time.

The interest rate charged by banks for call loans.

The right to call again for the same amount of goods previously bought. Used primarily in the purchase of options.

Option to purchase designated securities at a predetermined price within a specified time limit.

The amount over the issue price when a bond is redeemed.

Protection available in purchase of bonds, whereby a period is fixed during which the bond may not be redeemed.

Is a feature on some telephone networks. If a calling party places a call to a called party which is otherwise engaged, and the called party has the call waiting feature enabled, the called party is able to suspend the current telephone call and switch to the new incoming call (Typically, this is done by pushing the flash button), and can then negotiate with the new or the current caller an appropriate time to ring back if the message is important, or to quickly handle a separate incoming call