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ABAFR |
Aquatic Biology Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources |
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ACP-EU |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union |
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AFRIAMSLIC |
Africa Regional Group of IAMSLIC |
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AGORA |
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture |
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AGRIS |
International Information System for Agricultural Sciences and Technology |
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AJOL |
African Journals Online |
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ASFA |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
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ASFIS |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System |
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CABI |
CAB International |
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CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
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CRFM |
CARICOM Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
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CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
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CD-ROM |
Compact disc read-only memory |
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CDS/ISIS |
Computerized Documentation Service/Integrated Set of Information Systems |
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CIFA |
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa |
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COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
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CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
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DOAJ |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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eIFL |
Electronic Information for Libraries |
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eJDS |
Electronic Journals Delivery Service |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FDI |
Fonds documentaire de l’IRD |
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FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System |
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FIRMS |
Fishery Resources Monitoring System |
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FISON |
Fisheries Society of Nigeria |
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GAINS |
Ghana Agricultural Information Network Systems |
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GESAMP |
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection |
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GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
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HTML |
Hypertext markup language |
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IAMSLIC |
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers |
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IAHS |
International Association of Hydrological Services |
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ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
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ICEIDA |
Icelandic International Development Agency |
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ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
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ICSF |
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers |
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ICT |
Information and communication technology |
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ICTP |
International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
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IFLA |
International Federation of Library Associations |
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IFREMER |
Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer |
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IFS |
International Foundation for Science |
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IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
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IMROP |
Institut mauritanien de recherches océanographiques et des pêches |
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INASP |
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications |
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IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
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IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
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IRD |
Institut de recherche pour le développement |
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ISI |
Institute for Scientific Information |
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ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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IUU |
Illegal, unregulated and unreported |
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JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
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KMFRI |
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
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LAN |
Local area network |
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LARReC |
Living Aquatic Resources Research Centre |
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LIFDC |
Low Income Food Deficit Countries |
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LUC |
Limburg University Centrum |
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MALA |
Malawi Library Association |
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MALICO |
Malawi Library and Information Consortium |
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MARC |
Machine Readable Catalogue |
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MOFR |
Marine, Oceanographic and Freshwater Resources |
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MRC |
Mekong River Commission |
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NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
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NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
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NIFFR |
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research |
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NISC |
National Information Services Corporation |
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NISC SA |
National Information Services Corporation South Africa |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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OCLC |
Online Computer Library Center |
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ODINAFRICA |
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa |
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OPAC |
Online Public Access Catalogue |
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OSI |
Open Society Institute |
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Portable Document Format |
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PERI |
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information |
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RECOSCIX-WIO |
Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange - Western Indian Ocean |
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RFBs |
Regional fishery bodies or arrangements |
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SABINET |
South African Bibliographic and Information Network |
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SADC |
Southern African Development Cooperation |
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TWAS |
Third World Academy of Sciences |
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SADC IFSTCU |
SADC Inland Fisheries Sector Technical Coordination Unit |
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SAIAB |
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity |
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SciELO |
Scientific Electronic Library Online |
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SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre |
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SEAFIS |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Information System |
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SFA |
Seychelles Fishing Authority |
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SFLP |
Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme |
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SOFIA |
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture |
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SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
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STREAM |
Support to Regional Aquatic Resources Management |
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TEEAL |
The Essential Electronic Agriculture Library |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
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VSAT |
Very small aperture terminal |
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WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre/Centre mondial d’information agricole |
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WAS |
World Aquaculture Society |
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WinISIS |
CDS/ISIS for Windows |
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WIO |
Western Indian Ocean |
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WIOMSA |
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association |
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WRI |
Water Research Institute |
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XML |
Extensible markup language |
