exvessel

Adjective

exvessel (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to activities that occur when a commercial fishing boat lands or unloads a catch.
   • However, in contrast with sablefish, halibut exvessel revenues have increased since the introduction of IFQs (Figure G.8).1999, Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, Sharing the Fish: Toward a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas, National Academies Press
   • Although landings from 1992 to 1994 continued to remain well above the landings volumes reported for 1988-1990, Gulfwide exvessel prices continued to exhibit an upward trend.2000, Stephen J. VenderKooy, The Flounder Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States