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Abbreviations and acronyms


AV list

authorized vessel list ("white" list)

CCAMLR

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCSBT

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CECAF

Fishery Commission for the Eastern Central Atlantic

CTMFM

Comisión Técnica Mixta del Frente Marítimo

EC

European Commission

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFA

South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

GFCM/SAC

Scientific Advisory Committee of GFCM

IATTC

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

IBSFC

International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

ICCAT

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

IOTC

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

IPHC

International Pacific Halibut Commission

IPOA-IUU

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

IUU

illegal, unreported and unregulated

IUU list

IUU vessel list ("black" list)

MCS

monitoring, control and surveillance

NAFO

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NAMMCO

North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission

NASCO

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

NEAFC

North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

NPAFC

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

NPOA

National Plan of Action

RECOFI

Regional Commission for Fisheries

RFBs

regional fishery bodies

RFMOs

regional fisheries management organizations

SWG-IUU

Special Working Group on IUU Fishing Activities

VMS

vessel monitoring system


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