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CWP Handbook of Fishery Statistical Standards Section V: ACRONYMS

APFIC Asia-Pacific
ASFIS Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System
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
CWP Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics
EPO Eastern Pacific Ocean
EU European Union
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FFA South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
GRT Gross Registered Tonnage
GT Gross Tonnage
HS Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
HSVAR High Seas Vessel Authorization Record
IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ILO International Labour Organization
INPFC International North Pacific Fisheries Commission
IPHC International Pacific Halibut Commission
IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
ICSEAF International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries (ceased: 1990)
ISCO International Standard Classification of Occupations
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISSCAAP International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants
ISSCFC International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishery Commodities
ISSCFG International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gears
ISSCFV International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels
IWC International Whaling Commission
NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (previously ICNAF - International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries)
NASCO North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
SEAFDEC South-East Asian Fisheries Development Center
SEAFO South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization
SITC Standard International Trade Classification of the UN
SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community
STATLANT STATistical Programme for the ATLANTic Fisheries (previously STANA)
WCPTC Western and Central Pacific Tuna Commission (established 2003)

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