ACP-EU |
Africa/Caribbean/Pacific-European Union |
ANT |
Antigua and Barbuda |
BAR |
Barbados |
BB |
Baitboat |
BHA |
Bahamas |
BZE |
Belize |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CEVIHAS |
CEVIHAS Complex (Centrale Voor Vissershavens in Suriname [CEVIHAS N.V.]) |
CFRAMP |
CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management Programme |
CFTDI |
Caribbean Fisheries Training & Development Institute |
CFU |
CARICOM Fisheries Unit |
CPUE |
Catch per Unit of Effort |
CRFM |
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
DKI |
Decked Inboard - Troll, Gillnets |
DMI |
Dominica |
DWF |
Distant Water Fleet |
DWFS |
Distant Water Fishing States |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
EU |
European Union |
FAD |
Fish Aggregating Device |
FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
FG |
Fibreglass |
FMP |
Fisheries Management Plan |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
GLM |
Generalized Linear Model |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRN |
Grenada |
GRP |
Glassfibre-Reinforced Plastic |
GUY |
Guyana |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
IMA |
Institute of Marine Affairs (Smithsonian) |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IOCARIBE |
IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
IPOA-IUU |
International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
JAM |
Jamaica |
JV |
Joint Venture |
LL |
Longline |
LLL |
Longliner - Large (>15 metres) |
LLM |
Longliner - Medium (7-15 metres) |
LOSC |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 |
LP |
Large Pelagic |
LPWG |
Working Group on Large Pelagic Fish Resources (CFU) |
LRS |
Licensing and Registration System (software package) |
MAC |
Monitoring and Advisory Committee(Trinidad) |
MCS |
Monitoring, Control and Surveillance |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MPA |
Marine Protected Areas |
MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
N |
Number |
NA |
Not Applicable |
NAFO |
North Atlantic Fishery Organization |
NE |
Nevis |
nei |
Not Elsewhere Included |
NFC |
National Fisheries Company Ltd (Trinidad) |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
NIS |
National Social Insurance |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (within NOAA) |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States Department of Commerce) |
OECS |
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
OOL |
Open Outboard - Troll, Longline |
OON |
Open Outboard - Gillnets |
PS |
Purse Seine |
PSG |
Large Purse Seine |
PSM |
Medium Purse Seine |
PSS |
Small Purse Seine |
RFMO |
Regional Fishery Management Organization |
RFO |
Regional Fisheries Organization |
RWG |
Regional Working Group |
SCRS |
Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (ICCAT) |
SK |
Saint Kitts |
SPAW |
Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife |
SSS |
Social Security System |
STK |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
STL |
Saint Lucia |
STV |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
SUR |
Suriname |
TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme |
TIP |
Trip Interview Program (data-collection software package) |
TO |
Tobago |
TR |
Trinidad |
TRI |
Trinidad and Tobago |
UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
UN |
United Nations |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
US |
United States (adjective) |
USA |
United States of America |
USSR |
Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
UWI |
University of the West Indies |
VAT |
Value-Added Tax |
VPA |
Virtual Population Analysis |
WECAFC |
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (FAO) |