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Random variable
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A variable whose values are random but whose statistical distribution is known.
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RCW
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Regulatory Code of Washington
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Recovery
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Improvement in the status of a listed species to the point at which listing is no longer appropriate.
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Recruitment
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(1) Entry of new fish into a population, whether by reproduction or immigration; (2) Addition of new individuals to the fished component of a stock (because they have acquired the size, age, or location that makes them part of it.)
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Redd
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A salmon nest, dug out of the gravel in the stream bed by the adult female
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Regression analysis
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The use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another.
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Renewable Resource
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A resource that can be replenished through natural processes within a human life span, if it is soundly managed. Compare nonrenewable resource.
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Reservoirs
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A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
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Restoration
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Restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition.
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REUT
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Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies Division (Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
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Riparian
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Living on or located on a river bank
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RNA
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Ribonucleic acid. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm; controls certain chemical processes in the cell.
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Rock Sole
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Pleuronectes bilineatus
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RSRP
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Recovery Science Review Panel.
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