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BTSD |
Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document |
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CDS |
Catch Documentation Scheme |
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COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
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CIMSRL |
Cook Islands Maritime & Shipping Registry |
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CPCs |
Contracting Parties and cooperating non-Contracting Parties |
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CRS |
Cyprus Register of Ships |
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CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
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DFMR |
Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of the Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and the Environment |
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DMS |
Department of Merchant Shipping of the Cyprus Ministry of Communications and Works |
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DWFN |
Distant Water Fisheries Nation |
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EPO |
Eastern Pacific Ocean |
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EC |
European Community |
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EU |
European Union |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FOC |
Flag of Convenience |
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GRT |
Gross Registered Tons |
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GT |
Gross Tons |
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HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
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HSVAR |
High Seas Vessels Authorization Record |
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ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
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ILO |
International Labour Organization |
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IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
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IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
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ITF |
International Transport Workers Federation |
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ITLOS |
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea |
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IUU fishing |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
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LSFV |
Large Scale Fishing Vessel |
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LSTFV |
Licensed Large-scale Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels |
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MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 |
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MCS |
Monitoring, control and surveillance |
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MCI |
Maritime Cook Islands Limited |
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MMR |
Ministry of Marine Resources of the Cook Islands |
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MOT |
Ministry of Transport of the Cook Islands |
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NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
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NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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RFMO |
Regional Fishery Management Organization |
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SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
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SEFC |
Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
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SFVR |
Small Fishing Vessel Register |
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SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 |
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TIS |
Trade Information Scheme |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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UNCLOS |
1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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UNICPOLOS |
United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea |
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VMS |
Vessel Monitoring System |
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WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
