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List of acronyms/Liste des sigles/Lista de las siglas

ACMRR

FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research/Comité consultatif de la recherche sur les ressources de la mer/Comité Asesor en Investigaciones de los Recursos Marinos (from 1995 see ACFR).

ACFR

FAO Advisory Committee on Fishery Research/Comité consultatif de la recherche halieutique/Comité Asesor sobre Investigaciones Pesqueras

ADCP

Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme/Programme de mise en valeur et de coordination de l'aquaculture/Programa de desarrollo y coordinación de la acuicultura (FAO regional field project from 1976 to 1990)

ALCOM

Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme (FAO regional field project from 1986 to 2000).

APFIC

Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission (FAO/RFB; since 1993; see IPFC before).

AQUILA

Regional Aquaculture Programme in Latin America/Programa regional de acuicultura para América Latina (FAO field project from 1985 to 1994).

ASEAN

Association of Southeast-Asian Nations

ASFIS

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System

BOBP

Bay of Bengal Programme (FAO regional field project from 1975 to 2001).

CARICOM

Caribbean Community/Communauté des Caraïbes/Comunidad del Caribe

CARPAS

Regional Fisheries Advisory Commission for the Southwest Atlantic/Comisión Asesora Regional de Pesca para el Atlántico Sudoccidental.

CECPI

see EIFAC.

CGPM

see GFCM.

CIEM

see ICES

CIFA

Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa/Comité des pêches continentales pour l'Afrique (FAO/RFB; from 1971).

COFI

Committee on Fisheries/Comité des pêches/Comité de Pesca (FAO)

COPESCAL

Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America/Comisión de Pesca Continental para América Latina (FAO/RFB; from 1976).

COPRAQ

Cooperative Programme of Research on Aquaculture

CPCA

see CIFA

EC

European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.

EIFAC

European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission/Commission européenne consultative pour les pêches dans les eaux intérieures (FAO/RFB; from 1960).

FAO/FIDI

Fisheries Department, Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit

FAO/FIIU

Fisheries Department, Fishery Utilization and Marketing Service

FAO/FIPP

Fisheries Department, Development Planning Service

FAO/FIRI

Fisheries Department, Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service

FAO/LEGN

Legal Office, Development Law Service

GESAMP

IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection.

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean/Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée (FAO/RFB; from 1949).

GLOBEFISH

FAO Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information/FAO Système informatisé de données sur la commercialisation du poisson/FAO Sistema computerizado de información comercial pesquera.

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency (UN), Vienna, Austria.

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil international pour l'exploration de la mer/Consejo Internacional para la Exploración del Mar

ICLARM

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Penang, Malaysia.

IDRC

International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

IIRR

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines.

IMO

International Maritime Organization, London, United Kingdom.

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)

IPFC

Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission (FAO/RFB from 1948; APFIC since 1993).

IUNS

International Union of Nutritional Sciences

MEDRAP

Mediterranean Regional Aquaculture Project/Projet régional méditerranéen de développement de l'aquaculture (FAO field project from 1982 to 1995).

NACA/FAO

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific Region (UNDP/FAO field project from 1979 to 1989).

NACA

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand (regional intergovernmental organization since 1990)

NORAD

Norwegian Agency for International Development

OIE

Office International of Epizootics/Office international des épizooties/Oficina Internacional de Epizootias.

OMS

see WHO

PNUD

see UNDP.

PNUE

see UNEP

RAF

FAO Regional Office for Africa/Bureau régional de la FAO pour l'Afrique (Accra, Ghana).

RAP

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok, Thailand)

RLC

FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean/Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe (Santiago, Chile).

RFB

Regional Fisheries Body/Organe régional des pêches/Organo Regional de Pesca

SCSP

South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme (UNDP/FAO regional field project from 1973 to 1984)

SIDA

Swedish International Development Authority

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme/Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement/Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.

UNDP (TA)

UNDP Technical Assistance Project/Projet d'assistance technique PNUD/Proyecto de Assistenza Tècnica PNUD

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme/Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement/Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente

WHO

World Health Organization/Organisation mondiale de la santé/Organización Mundial de la Salud, Geneva, Switzerland.

WMO

World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.


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