Glossary: F

FDA

Food and Drug Administration – A Federal agency and division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics. FDA is responsible for the safety regulation of most types of foods including seafood, dietary supplements, drugs, vaccines, biological medical products, blood products, medical devices, radiation-emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics.
Fish stock

The living resources in the community or population from which catches are taken in a fishery. Use of the term fish stock usually implies that the particular population is more or less isolated from other stocks of the same species and hence self-sustaining. In a particular fishery, the fish stock may be one or several species of fish but here is also intended to include commercial invertebrates and plants.
Fishery

1. Generally, a fishery is an activity leading to harvesting of fish. It may involve capture of wild fish or raising of fish through aquaculture; 2. A unit determined by an authority or other entity that is engaged in raising or harvesting fish. Typically, the unit is defined in terms of some or all of the following: people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats, and purpose of the activities.; 3. The combination of fish and fishers in a region, the latter fishing for similar or the same species with similar or the same gear types.