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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


APFIC

Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

CCAMLR

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCSBT

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CECAF

Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic

COFI

FAO Committee on Fisheries

EEZ

exclusive economic zone

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIGIS

FAO Fisheries Global Information System

FPZ

fisheries protection zone

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

HSVAR

FAO High Seas Vessels Authorization Record

IATTC

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

IBSFC

International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

ICCAT

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

IOTC

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

IPOA - Capacity

International Plan of Action on the Management of Fishing Capacity

IPOA - IUU

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

IUU fishing

illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing

LOU

local operational units

MCS

monitoring, control and surveillance

MEDFISIS

Mediterranean Fishery Statistics and Information System

NAFO

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NASCO

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

NEAFC

North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

NGO

non-governmental organization

NPAFC

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

NPOA

National Plan of Action

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OU

operational unit

RFMO

regional fisheries management organization

SAC

Scientific Advisory Committee of the GFCM

SEAFO

South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization

VMS

vessel monitoring system

WCPFC

Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

WTO

World Trade Organization


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