### Question
What does conservation mean?


### Answer
**Conservation** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 5102*:

> the restoring, rebuilding, and maintaining of any coastal fishery resource and the marine environment, in order to assure the availability of coastal fishery resources on a long-term basis

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 5102*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 71-ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT**

