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Targeted fishery
A harvest strategy designed to catch a specific group of fish.

Terminal fisheries
A fishery in a river or near the mouth of a river where returning salmon pass through or congregate near to an prior to spawning, and where stocks are relatively unmixed. [occurring close to point where local populations separate]

Terminal fishing (management) area
Marine waters near the ultimate freshwater destination of specific salmonid stocks (or groups of stocks) where they have separated from fish returning to other regions.

Terminal mouth
Said of the location of the mouth when it opens at the end of the head, as in trout.

Territory
The area that an animal defends, usually during breeding season, against intruders of its own species.

Thoracic pelvics
Said of the pelvic fins when attached immediately below the pectorals and connected internally with the pectoral girdle.

Trawl
Fishing gear: cone-shaped net towed in the water by a boat called a "trawler". Bottom trawls are towed along the ocean floor to catch species such as groundfish. Mid-water trawls are towed within the water column.

Trend
The directional change over time in a series of data.

Tributary
A smaller stream which flows into a larger stream.

Tule
Fall chinook stock native to the Columbia River tributaries.