Optimum Sustainable Population Law & Legal Definition

Pursuant to 16 USCS § 1362 (9), [Title 16. Conservation; Chapter 31. Marine Mammal Protection; Generally] the term optimum sustainable population means, “with respect to any population stock, the number of animals which will result in the maximum productivity of the population or the species, keeping in mind the carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.”