The rate of fishing above which the recruitment to the exploitable stock becomes significantly reduced. This is characterized by a greatly reduced spawning stock, a decreasing proportion of older fish in the catch, and generally very low recruitment year after year.
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Occurs when the spawning biomass of the population is reduced such that the number of larvae and recruits produced are not great enough to replenish the population.
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