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Abbreviations and acronyms


ADB

Asian Development Bank

AFFA

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Australia

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the USA

AQIS

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

BFAR

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Philippines

BMNV

Baculoviral Midgut Gland Necrosis Virus

BMP

Best Management Practice

BP

Baculovirus Penaeii

CCRF

FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

CNA

Camara Nacional de Acuacultura

CTSA

Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture

DIAS

FAO Database of Introduced Aquatic Species

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency of the USA

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FCR

Food Conversion Ratio

GAA

Global Aquaculture Alliance

GAV

Gill Associated Virus

GIS

Geographic Information System

GSMFC

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

h2

Heritability coefficient

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HH

High Health

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

IHHNV

Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus

INP

Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Ecuador

IRA

Import Risk Analysis

JSA

Joint Sub-committee on Aquaculture

LOVV

Lymphoid Organ Vacuolization Virus

LPV

Lymphoid Parvo-like Virus

MBA (PVB)

Monodon Baculovirus

MCMS

Mid Crop Mortality Syndrome

MOFI

Ministry of Fisheries of Viet Nam

MOV

Mourilyan Virus

MPEDA

Marine Products Export Development Agency of India

MSFP

Marine Shrimp Farming Program of the USA

MT

Metric tonnes

NACA

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific

NHP

Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis

NMFS

National Marine Fishery Service (of Dept of Commerce)

NPV

Nuclear Polyhedrosis Baculovirus

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health

PCR

Polymerase Chain Reaction

PL

Postlarvae

ppb

parts per billion

ppm

parts per million

ppt

parts per thousand

RDS

Runt Deformity Syndrome

REO

Reo-like Viruses

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

SEMERNAP

Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y Pesca, Mexico

SMV

Spawner-isolated Mortality Virus

SOP

Standard Operation Procedure

SPF

Specific Pathogen Free

SPR

Specific Pathogen Resistant

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement

TBT

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

TFRC

Thai Farmers Research Center Co.

TSV

Taura Syndrome Virus

USA

United States of America

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USDC

United States Development Council

UV

Ultra Violet

WB

World Bank

WWF

World Wildlife Fund (Worldwide Fund for Nature)

WSSV (SMBV)

White Spot Syndrome Virus

WTO

World Trade Organization

YHV (YBV)

Yellow Head Virus


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