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Towel grape Posted 6 years ago
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Fish population versus fish stock

Asking for an assignment. Can anybody tell me the difference between fish stock and fish population?
  

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towel grape Asking for an assignment. Can anybody tell me the difference between fish stock and fish population? This is a matter of dictionary look-ups.

  • towel grape Asking for an assignment.
  • Can anybody tell me the difference between fish stock and fish population?
  • This is a matter of dictionary look-ups.
  • stock: an amount of something that you keep so that you can use it when you need it population: all the people who live in a particular area Of course, it's fish and not people in your example.
  • Given the context, I very much doubt that you are seeing "fish stock" as a cooking ingredient, a broth made from fish.
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towel grape Asking for an assignment. Can anybody tell me the difference between fish stock and fish population?

This is a matter of dictionary look-ups.

stock: an amount of something that you keep so that you can use it when you need it

population: all the people who live in a particular area

Of course, it's fish and not people in your ex

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The currently accepted definition of a stock in fisheries science, is that of Begg et al. (1999), “…[a “stock”] describes characteristics of semi-discrete groups of fish with some definable attributes which are of interest to fishery managers.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_stoc

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