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DEFINITION
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Level of spawning stock corresponding to a fraction (here 20%) of the unexploited biomass. Virgin biomass is estimated as the point where the replacement line for F=0 intersects the stock-recruitment relationship or as the biomass from a spawning stock per recruit curve when F=0 and average recruitment is assumed. |
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ICES-ACFM (1997): Report of the Study Group on the precautionary approach to fisheries management, ICES Headquarters, 5-11 February 1997: 7-9
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