One Example of a Blocking Variable Is the Dosage Level

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One example of a blocking variable is the dosage level that each subject is assigned to in a randomized experiment.

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Definitions:

Total Allowable Catch

A fishery management tool that sets a species-specific maximum quantity of fish that can be legally caught and kept over a specified period.

Individual Transferable Quotas

A regulatory tool involving fixed total allowable catch levels for fisheries, with quotas that can be bought, sold, or leased by fishers, aimed at sustainable fishery management.

Catch Sizes

The amount or volume of fish or seafood harvested from the sea or freshwater bodies in a single fishing trip or period.

ITQs

Individual Transferable Quotas, a system used in fishery management whereby individual operators are given the right to catch a specified share of the total allowable catch for a particular fishery.