sustained yield
noun
: production of a biological resource (such as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs
sustained-yield
adjective
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John DiLorenzo, a lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine representing the counties, said the counties would never have transferred their properties to the state without an assurance that the state would apply sustained yield principles to maximize their revenues.
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oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2022
To Salomon, who is involved in the Pacific Sea Garden Collective, the intensive nature of some Indigenous sea gardens is fundamentally different from the maximum sustained yield mindset of today’s capitalist commercial fisheries.
—Ashley Braun, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
The United States Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture is now under the direction of John B. Crowell, a logging company attorney, and the emphasis has shifted from multiple use and sustained yield to timber production first and last.
—Ted Trueblood, Field & Stream, 29 Nov. 2020
oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2022
To Salomon, who is involved in the Pacific Sea Garden Collective, the intensive nature of some Indigenous sea gardens is fundamentally different from the maximum sustained yield mindset of today’s capitalist commercial fisheries.
—Ashley Braun, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
The United States Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture is now under the direction of John B. Crowell, a logging company attorney, and the emphasis has shifted from multiple use and sustained yield to timber production first and last.
—Ted Trueblood, Field & Stream, 29 Nov. 2020
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“Sustained yield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustained%20yield. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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