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maximum sustainable yield  

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  • MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD is a term population ecologists and economists use to define the theoretical top catch or yield of a species that can be taken indefinitely without depleting the population. The maximum sustainable yield is assumed to be half of the carrying capacity of a species. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Maximum Sustainable Yield]

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