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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


ADB

Asian Development Bank

BFAR

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

BHWs

Barangay Health Workers

BSPOs,

Barangay Service Point Officers

CB-CRM

Community-Based Coastal Resource Management

CBOs

Community-Based Organizations

CCRF

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

CEP

Coastal Environment Programme

CERDAF

Committee on Extension, Research and Development for Agriculture and Fisheries

CFOS

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

CLET

Composite Law Enforcement Teams

CO

Community Organizing

CPH

Census of Population and Housing

CPR

Community Property Rights

CRM

Coastal Resource Management

CRMP

Coastal Resource Management Programme

CVRP

Central Visayas Regional Project

DA

Department of Agriculture

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DILG

Department of the Interior and Local Government

DOF

Department of Fisheries

DOH

Department of Health

DOST

Department of Science and Technology

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

FARMCs

Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Councils

FAs

Fishers’ Associations

FCs

Fisheries Cooperatives

FIES

Family Income and Expenditure Survey

FLEMS

Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

FRMP

Fisheries Resource Management Project

FSP

Fisheries Sector Programme

GFR

Groundfish Fleet Restructuring Information and Analysis Project

GMA

Growth Management Act

ICLARM

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management

IEC

Information, Education and Communication

LFS

Labour Force Survey

LGC

Local Government Code

LGUs

Local Government Units

MCEPs

Municipal Coastal Environmental Profiles

MFO

Municipal Fisheries Ordinance

MHLC

Multilateral High Level Conference

MMA

Master of Marine Affairs

MMAP

Master of Marine Affairs Programme

MMFO

Model Municipal Fisheries Ordinance

MPAs

Marine Protected Areas

MPDOs

Municipal Planning and Development Officers

MSOS

Master of Science in Ocean Science

MSY

Maximum Sustainable Yield

NDS

National Demographic Survey

NEDA

National Economic Development Authority

NFARMC

National Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council

NGOs

Non-Government Organizations

NSCB

National Statistical Coordination Board

NSO

National Statistics Office

PAO

Provincial Agriculture Office

PCAMRD

Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development

PCG

Philippine Coast Guard

PCSD

Philippine Council for Sustainable Development

PFMC

Pacific Fishery Management Council

PhilFIS

Philippine Fisheries Information System

PMC

Programme Management Centre

POPCEN

Population Census

POPCOM

Commission on Population

POPDEV

Population-Development

Pos

People’s Organizations

RDE

Research, Development and Extension

REAs

Resource and Ecological Assessments

RIFTs

Regional Institutes of Fisheries Technology

RSA

Resource and Social Assessment

SEAFDEC

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

SUCs

State Universities and Colleges

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

TWG

Technical Working Group

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UPV

University of the Philippines in the Visayas

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VisSea

Visayan Sea Coastal and Fisheries Resources Management Project


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