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Acronyms and codes


ATL

Atlantic Ocean

CCSBT

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CWP

Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics

FAD

Fish aggregating device

FOC

Flag of convenience

IATTC

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

ICCAT

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

IND

Indian Ocean

IOTC

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

ISC

Interim Scientific Committee on Tunas and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific

IUU

Illegal, unreported and unregulated

MED

Mediterranean Sea

NEI

Nowhere else included (mostly "flag of convenience")

PAC

Pacific Ocean

SPC

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

TAC

Total allowable catch

   
Gear codes

BB

Baitboat ("Baitboat" is used exclusively for "Pole and Line")

GILL

Gillnet

LL

Longline

OTH

Other gears

PS

Purse seine

SURF

Surface gears

TRAP

Trap

TROL

Troll

   
Species codes

ALB

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

BET

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

BFT

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

PBF

Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

SBT

Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

SKJ

Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

SWO

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

YFT

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)


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