ACCOBAMS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area |
ACFMAFMA |
Advisory Committee on Fishery Management Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
ASCOBANS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas |
BOBP-IGO |
Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization |
BRD |
Bycatch reduction device |
BSAI |
Bering Sea Aleutian Islands |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefish Tuna |
CECAF |
Commission for the Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (West Africa) |
CFP |
Common Fisheries Policy (European Union) |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMS |
Convention on (the conservation of) Migratory Species (of Wild Animals) (Bonn Convention) |
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
CPUE |
Catch per unit effort |
CRODT |
Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar - Thiaroye |
DFID |
Department for International Development (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
DSPCM |
Délégation à la Surveillance des Pêches et au Contrôle en Mer |
EC |
European Commission |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
ESA |
Endangered Species Act (United States) |
ETP |
Eastern Tropical Pacific |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FCMA |
Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) |
FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System (FAO) |
FIS |
Fish Information & Services |
FMC |
Fishery Management Council (United States) |
FMP |
Fishery management plan |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GOA |
Gulf of Alaska |
GRT |
Gross registered tons |
HMS |
Highly migratory species |
IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
IBSFC |
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICES CM |
ICES Council Meeting |
ICES WG |
ICES Working Group |
IDCA |
International Dolphin Conservation Act |
IDPPE |
Instituto de Desonvolvimento de Pesca Pequena Escala (Mozambique) |
IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
IFREMER |
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea |
IIFFET |
International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade |
IMARPE |
Instituto del Mar de Perú |
INPFC |
International North Pacific Fisheries Commission |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPHC |
International Pacific Halibut Commission |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action (FAO) |
ISSCFG |
International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear |
ITQ |
Individual transferable quota |
IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
LIFDC |
Low income food deficient country |
LME |
Large marine ecosystem |
LOS |
Law of the Sea |
MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
MLS |
Minimum landing size |
MMPA |
Marine Mammal Protection Act (United States) |
MMS |
Minimum mesh size |
MPA(s) |
Marine protected area(s) |
MPEDA |
Marine Products Export Development Authority (India) |
MSA |
Magnuson-Stevens Act (United States) |
NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NEAFC |
Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (United States) |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States) |
NPFMC |
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council |
NRI |
Natural Resources Institute |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PFMC |
Pacific Fisheries Management Council |
PWCC |
Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative |
RFB |
Regional fisheries body |
RF(M)O |
Regional fisheries (management) organization |
SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre |
SEFSC |
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (United States) |
SERFC |
Southeast River Forecast Center (United States) |
SFA |
Sustainable Fisheries Act (United States) |
SGDBI |
Study Group on Discard and By-catch Information (ICES) |
SGFEN |
Subgroup on Fishery and Environment |
SOFIA |
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (FAO) |
SPC |
South Pacific Commission |
SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
SSD |
Seal saver device |
STECF |
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries |
TAC |
Total allowable catch |
TED |
Turtle excluder device |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
UNIA |
United Nations Implementing Agreement |
VNIRO |
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |