# Equlibrium Catch

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**Category:** Fishing Glossary\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/equlibrium-catch/12571 "2003-05-16T20:34:14Z")\
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The catch (in numbers) taken from a fish stock when it is in equilibrium with fishing of a given intensity, and (apart from the effects of environmental variation) its abundance is not changing from one year to the next.