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CARICOM |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
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CCAMLR |
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
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CDS |
International Catch Documentation Scheme |
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CFMC |
Caribbean Fishery Management Council |
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CFRAMP |
CARICOM Fishery Resources Assessment and Management Programme |
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CIA |
United States Central Intelligence Agency |
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CIBPO |
Caviar Caspian Balyk Industry Association |
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CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
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CMS |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
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COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
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CoP 10 |
Tenth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention |
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CoP 12 |
Twelfth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention |
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CTE |
Committee on Trade and Environment |
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DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
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DSBB |
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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ESCAP |
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FIDI |
Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit |
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FII |
Fishery Industries Division |
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FIIU |
Fish Utilization and Marketing Service |
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FIR |
Fishery Resources Division |
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FIRI |
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service |
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FIRM |
Marine Resources Service |
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FOB |
Free On Board |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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H&G |
Headed and Gutted |
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HP |
Horse Power |
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ILO |
International Labour Organization |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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INCOPESCA |
Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura |
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IPOA-Capacity |
International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity |
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IPOA-IUU |
International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
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IPOA-Seabirds |
International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries |
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IPOA-Sharks |
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks |
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IQF |
Individually Quick Frozen |
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ISOFISH |
International Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Clearing House |
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IUCN |
The World Conservation Union |
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IUU Fishing |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
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LIFDC(s) |
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country(ies) |
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MEA(s) |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement(s) |
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MAPA |
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación |
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MEP |
MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd. |
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MFN |
Most-Favoured Nation |
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MT |
Metric Tonne(s) |
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nei |
not elsewhere included |
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NGO(s) |
Non-Governmental Organization(s) |
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NIS |
New Independent States |
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NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
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OATA |
Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association |
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OIT |
Organización Internacional del Trabajo |
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RFBA(s) |
Regional fishery body(ies) and arrangement(s) |
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SAGPyA |
Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganadería Pesca y Alimentación |
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SOFIA |
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture |
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SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
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TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
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TBT |
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
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UNTS |
United Nations Treaty Series |
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WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
