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ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries |
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ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
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ADEPALE |
Association des entreprises de produits alimentaires élaborés |
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AIDCP |
Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program |
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ALB |
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) |
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AMSY |
Average maximum sustainable yield |
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ANCIT |
Associazione Nazionale Conservieri Ittici e delle Tonnare |
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ANFACO |
Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Conservas de Pescados y Mariscos |
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AO |
Atlantic Ocean |
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ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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BAMSY |
Biomass at AMSY |
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BESD |
Bigeye statistical document |
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BET |
Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) |
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BFSD |
Bluefin statistical document |
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BFT |
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) |
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BMSY |
Biomass at MSY |
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c&f |
Cost and freight |
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CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
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CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
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CN |
Common nomenclature |
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CPUE |
Catch per unit of effort |
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CU |
Capacity utilization |
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CWP |
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics |
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DEA |
Data envelopment analysis |
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DFS |
Designated fishery licensing scheme |
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DHA |
Docosahexaenoic acid |
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DOL |
Department of Labor |
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DWFN |
Distant-water fishing nation |
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EAFUS |
Everything added to food in the United States |
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EAO |
Eastern Atlantic Ocean |
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EC |
European Community |
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EEZ |
Exclusive economic zone |
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EII |
Earth Island Institute |
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ENSO |
El Niño-southern |
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EPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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EPO |
Eastern Pacific Ocean |
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EPR |
GLOBEFISH European price report |
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EU |
European Union |
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F |
Fishing mortality |
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FAD |
Fish-aggregating device |
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FAMSY |
Fishing mortality at AMSY |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FCC |
Fish-carrying capacity |
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FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
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FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
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FIAC |
Fédération française des industries d’aliments conservés |
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FIDI |
FAO Fisheries Department, Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit |
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FIDP |
FAO Fisheries Department, Programme Coordination Unit |
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FIGIS |
FAO Fisheries Global Information System |
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FIIU |
FAO Fisheries Department, Fish Utilization and Marketing Service |
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FIRI |
FAO Fisheries Department, Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service |
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FIRM |
FAO Fisheries Department, Marine Resources Service |
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FAMSY |
Fishing mortality at MSY |
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FOC |
Flag of convenience |
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FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
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G&G |
Gilled and gutted |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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GPS |
Global positioning system |
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GRT |
Gross registered tonnage or gross registered tons |
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GT |
Gross tons |
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H&G |
Headed and gutted |
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HACCP |
Hazard analysis and critical control point |
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IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
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ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
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INC |
INFOPESCA noticias comerciales |
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IO |
Indian Ocean |
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IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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IPOA - CAPACITY |
International Plan of Action for the management of fishing capacity |
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IPOA - IUU |
International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
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IQ |
Individual catch quota |
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IREPA |
Istituto di Ricerche Economiche per la Pesca e l’Acquacoltura |
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ISC |
Interim Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific |
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ITN |
INFOFISH trade news |
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ITN - African Edition |
INFOPÊCHE trade news - African edition |
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ITQ |
Individual transferable quota |
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IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated |
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JIMAR |
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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LL |
Longline |
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LOA |
Overall length |
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LOSC |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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LP |
Pole-and-line |
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LSTLV |
Large-scale tuna longline fishing vessel |
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MED |
Mediterranean Sea |
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MEY |
Maximum economic yield |
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MSY |
Maximum sustainable yield |
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NAO |
North Atlantic Ocean |
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nei |
Not elsewhere identified |
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NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
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NMFS |
United States National Marine Fisheries Service |
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NOAA |
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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NPO |
North Pacific Ocean |
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NRIFSF |
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries of Japan |
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NRT |
Net registered tonnage |
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NSEC |
Norwegian Seafood Export Council |
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OFP |
Ocean Fisheries Programme of the SPC |
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OJ |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
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OPRT |
Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries |
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OTH |
Other gears |
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oz |
Ounces |
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PBF |
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) |
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PL |
Pole-and-line |
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PO |
Pacific Ocean |
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ppm |
Parts per million |
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PS |
Purse-seine |
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RAV |
Record of authorized vessels |
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RDA |
Recommended dietary allowance |
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RFBA |
Regional fishery bodies and arrangements |
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RFMO |
Regional fishery management organizations |
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RVR |
Regional vessel register |
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SAO |
South Atlantic Ocean |
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SBF |
Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) |
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SBR |
Spawning biomass ratio |
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SBRAMSY |
Spawning biomass ratio at AMSY |
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SC |
Scientific Committee of the IOTC |
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SCG |
Scientific Coordinating Group of the WCPFC |
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SCRS |
Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the ICCAT |
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SCTB |
Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish of SPC |
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SIDP |
Species Identification and Data Programme |
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SIPAM |
FAO information system for the promotion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean |
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SKJ |
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
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SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
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SPO |
South Pacific Ocean |
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SSB |
Spawning stock biomass |
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SSBAMSY |
Spawning stock biomass at AMSY |
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SSBMSY |
Spawning stock biomass at MSY |
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SURF |
Surface gears |
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SWO |
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) |
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TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee of the FAO Project "Management of tuna fishing capacity: conservation and socio-economics" |
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TAC |
Total allowable catch |
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TE |
Technical efficiency |
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TIS |
Southern bluefin tuna trade information scheme |
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UN |
United Nations |
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VPA |
Virtual population analysis |
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WAO |
Western Atlantic Ocean |
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WCPFC |
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
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WCPO |
Western and Central Pacific Ocean |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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WPTT |
Working Party on Tropical Tunas of the IOTC |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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WTPO |
World Tuna Purse-seine Organization |
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YFT |
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
