Key terms & definitions

The breeding and raising of fish in controlled enclosures, such as tanks or cages, for food.

The breeding and raising of fish in managed tanks or enclosures, usually to provide food for humans.

Rearing fish in controlled environments, such as tanks or enclosures, for food rather than catching them from wild populations.

A limit on the amount of fish that may be caught.

A limit on the number or total mass of particular fish that may be caught in a specified area or period.

An allocated share of the permitted catch of a particular fish stock.

A population of fish of a particular species that is available to be caught in a defined area.

The smaller daughter nuclei formed when a heavy nucleus splits.

Suitable for the purpose for which goods are supplied.

Able to perform its intended job and meet the requirements of its users.

Reproductive success: how effectively an organism survives and passes its alleles to the next generation in its particular environment.

The ability to meet or cope with the demands of the environment.

The extent to which a program meets its intended requirements and produces the required results.

The extent to which a product or system meets the requirements of its intended use.

A standardised assessment used to measure a particular component of physical fitness.

The natural disposition with which humans are born, understood in Islam as an inclination towards recognising Allah and living rightly.

The pure natural state in which Muslims believe every human being is born, with the ability to choose right or wrong.

An acronym for four features of training used to achieve overload: frequency, intensity, time and type.

The five changing aspects that make up a person: form, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness. They are also called skandhas.

The five articles maintained by initiated Sikhs: kesh, kanga, kara, kachera and kirpan. They express Sikh identity and religious responsibilities.

Five voluntary Buddhist ethical commitments: to refrain from taking life, taking what is not given, misusing the senses, speaking falsehoods and taking intoxicants that cloud the mind.

The five central duties of Sunni Islam: Shahadah, salah, sawm, zakah and hajj.

Five Buddhist ethical training principles concerning killing, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, false speech and intoxicants.

The five Buddhist ethical training guidelines: avoid harming living beings, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, harmful speech and intoxicants that cause carelessness.

Lust, anger, greed, worldly attachment and pride: vices that draw a person away from God and obstruct liberation.

A programme setting state-directed economic production targets for a five-year period.

A Soviet programme setting economic production targets over five years. Stalin’s first five-year plan, launched in 1928, concentrated on rapidly expanding heavy industry.

A muscle that stabilises a joint or body part to support the agonist and prevent unwanted movement.

A long-term resource owned by a business and used in its operations, such as machinery, premises or a vehicle.

A cost that does not change with output over the period and range being considered, such as rent.