| ACFR | Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research |
| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific (abbreviation used in ACP-EU collaboration) |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| DFID | Department for International Development of the UK Government |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
| IDAF | Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| ITK | Indigenous Technical Knowledge |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| NRC | National Research Council, USA |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration of the UK Government (now DFID) |
| PAME | Participatory Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation |
| PAR | Participatory Action Research |
| PIP | Participatory and Integrated Policy |
| PLA | Participatory Learning and Action |
| PR | Participatory Research |
| PRA | Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| RNRKS | Renewable Natural Resources Knowledge Strategy |
| RPK | Rural People's Knowledge |
| RRA | Rapid Rural Appraisal |
| SIFAR | Support unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic Research |
| SIFFS | South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies |
| SIFR | Study of International Fisheries Research (Joint donor study) |
| SLAs | Sustainable Livelihood Approaches |
| TEK | Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
