ADAB |
Australian Development Bank |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
ADCP |
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme |
AIM |
Asian Institute of Management |
AIT |
Asian Institute of Technology |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
BFAR |
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines) |
BIOTROP |
Southeast Asian Regiona Center for Tropical Biology |
CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
CNFC |
China National Fisheries Corporation |
CLSU |
Central Luzon State University (Philippines) |
DANIDA |
Danish International Development Agency |
DBP |
Development Bank of the Philippines |
EAS |
European Aquaculture Society |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FMO |
Fish Marketing Organization (Hong Kong) |
GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency (UN) |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICLARM |
International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
IDA |
International Development Association |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IDRC |
International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
IPFC |
Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission |
JETRO |
Japanese External Trade Organization |
JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
LLDA |
Laguna Lake Development Authority (Philippines) |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia |
NORAD |
Norwegian Agency for International Development |
ODA |
Overseas Development Administration (United Kingdom) |
OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
PFDA |
Philippines Fisheries Development Authority |
SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center |
SEAFDEC-AQD |
SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department |
SMC |
San Miguel Corporation (Philippines) |
UN |
United Nations |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
Unesco |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Educational Organization |
UPV |
University of the Philippines in the Visayas |
WAS |
World Aquaculture Society |
WB |
World Bank |
WFP |
World Food Programme (UN) |
Abbreviations of Databases and other Terminology
ASFIS |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information Service |
ASFA |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
CD-ROM |
Compact Disc - Read only Memory |
DIALOG |
Central Service for Accessing Databases |
BRAIS |
Brackishwater Aquaculture Information System |
GLOBEFISH |
FAO Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information |
FISHDAB |
FAO Yearly Statistics |
GRID |
Global Resource Information Database (GRID) |
SEAFIS |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Information Service |