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Acronyms/abbreviations


AFZ

Australian fishing zone

DWFSs

Distant water fishing States

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFA

Forum Fisheries Agency

IBSFC

International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICJ

International Court of Justice

IPOA

International Plan of Action

IPOA-IUU

International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

ITQ

Individual transferable quota

MCS

Monitoring, control and surveillance

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NAFO

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NEAFC

Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PNG

Papua New Guinea

RFOs

Regional or subregional fisheries management organizations or arrangements

TACs

Total allowable catch

UN

United Nations

UNFSA

United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

VMS

Vessel monitoring system

WCPFC

Western and Central Pacific Fishery Convention


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