| 1982 Convention: | 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| ACC/SC | Administrative Committee on Coordination/Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas |
| Ad hoc Consultation | FAO sponsored Ad hoc Consultation on the Role of Regional Fishery Agencies in Relation to High Seas Fishery Statistics |
| Agenda 21 | Programme of Action for Sustainable Development |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| Compliance Agreement | Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas |
| CPPS | Permanent South Pacific Commission |
| CSD | United Nations commission for Sustainable Development |
| DOALOS | Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs |
| DWFN | Distant-water fishing nation (or entity) |
| EEC/EC | European Community |
| EEZ | Exclusive economic zone |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FFA | South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency |
| LACSD | Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable Development |
| IATTC | Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
| ICCAT | International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
| IGO | Intergovernmental organization |
| IOC-Unesco | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| MCS | Monitoring, control and surveillance (of fisheries) |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| OLDEPESCA | Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development |
| SPC | South Pacific Commission |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
