MAFF the British government department that was responsible for farming, food production, and the safety of food products. In 2001, it became part of a new Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(1) A system to produce fish and fish-related benefits (and to minimize losses and disproducts) from the structure, dynamics and relations of the aquatic biota, the aquatic and adjacent habitat (the watersheds), and the human users of the resource (2) The licensed premises upon which breeding, hatching, or fish-rearing facilities are situated