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  2. Common-pool resource - Wikipedia

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    Examples of common-pool resources include irrigation systems, fishing grounds, pastures, forests, water or the atmosphere. A pasture, for instance, allows for a certain amount of grazing to occur each year without the core resource being harmed. In the case of excessive grazing, however, the pasture may become more prone to erosion and ...

  3. Forage fish - Wikipedia

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    Some examples are crappies, rock bass, perch, bluegill and sunfish. The term coarse fish originated in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. Prior to that time, recreational fishing was the sport of the gentry, who angled for trout and salmon which they called "game fish". Fish other than game fish were disdained as "coarse fish". [30]

  4. List of commercially important fish species - Wikipedia

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    This fish is mainly sold fresh, either in pieces or whole. Peruvian anchoveta Engraulis ringens: Wild 4,692,855 Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix: Cultivated 4,189,578 A variety of Asian carp, widely cultivated with other aquaculture carp, but under pressure in its home range (China and eastern Siberia). Also called "flying fish", it is ...

  5. List of types of seafood - Wikipedia

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    Fresh seafood on sale in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The following is a list of types of seafood.Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. It prominently includes shellfish, and roe.

  6. Osteichthyes - Wikipedia

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    Osteichthyes (/ ˌ ɒ s t iː ˈ ɪ k θ iː z / ost-ee-IK-theez; from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) ' bone ' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) ' fish '), [2] also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

  7. Pasture - Wikipedia

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    Pasture is typically grazed throughout the summer, in contrast to meadow which is ungrazed or used for grazing only after being mown to make hay for animal fodder. [2] Pasture in a wider sense additionally includes rangelands, other unenclosed pastoral systems, and land types used by wild animals for grazing or browsing.

  8. List of fish common names - Wikipedia

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    Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.

  9. Pacu - Wikipedia

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    Pacu (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a common name used to refer to several species of omnivorous South American freshwater serrasalmid fish related to piranhas.Pacu and piranha do not have similar teeth, the main difference being jaw alignment; piranha have pointed, razor-sharp teeth in a pronounced underbite, whereas pacu have squarer, straighter teeth and a less severe underbite, or a slight ...