| AsDB | - | Asian Development Bank |
| AQUA | - | AquaService (Consultancy firm) |
| BOBP | - | Bay of Bengal |
| BSN | - | brine shrimp nauplii |
| b/w | - | brackishwater |
| FCR | - | Feed Conversion Ratio |
| f/w | - | freshwater |
| GOP | - | Government of Pakistan |
| GOS | - | Government of Sindh |
| MFD | - | Marine Fisheries Department, GOP (Karachi) |
| n.a. | - | not available |
| NACA | - | Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia |
| NIO | - | National Institute of Oceanography |
| n.s. | - | not stated |
| PARC | - | Pakistan Agricultural Research Council |
| s/w | - | seawater |
