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ACCOBAMS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area |
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ACFMAFMA |
Advisory Committee on Fishery Management Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
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ASCOBANS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas |
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BOBP-IGO |
Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization |
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BRD |
Bycatch reduction device |
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BSAI |
Bering Sea Aleutian Islands |
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CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
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CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
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CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
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CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefish Tuna |
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CECAF |
Commission for the Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (West Africa) |
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CFP |
Common Fisheries Policy (European Union) |
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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) (Bonn Convention) |
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COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
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CPUE |
Catch per unit effort |
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CRODT |
Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar - Thiaroye |
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DFID |
Department for International Development (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
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DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
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DSPCM |
Délégation à la Surveillance des Pêches et au Contrôle en Mer |
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EC |
European Commission |
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EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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ESA |
Endangered Species Act (United States) |
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ETP |
Eastern Tropical 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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FCMA |
Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) |
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FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System (FAO) |
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FIS |
Fish Information & Services |
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FMC |
Fishery Management Council (United States) |
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FMP |
Fishery management plan |
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GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
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GOA |
Gulf of Alaska |
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GRT |
Gross registered tons |
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HMS |
Highly migratory species |
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IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
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IBSFC |
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission |
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ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
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ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
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ICES CM |
ICES Council Meeting |
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ICES WG |
ICES Working Group |
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IDCA |
International Dolphin Conservation Act |
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IDPPE |
Instituto de Desonvolvimento de Pesca Pequena Escala (Mozambique) |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
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IFREMER |
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea |
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IIFFET |
International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade |
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IMARPE |
Instituto del Mar de Perú |
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INPFC |
International North Pacific Fisheries Commission |
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IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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IPHC |
International Pacific Halibut Commission |
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IPOA |
International Plan of Action (FAO) |
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ISSCFG |
International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear |
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ITQ |
Individual transferable quota |
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IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
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IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
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IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
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LIFDC |
Low income food deficient country |
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LME |
Large marine ecosystem |
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LOS |
Law of the Sea |
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MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
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MLS |
Minimum landing size |
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MMPA |
Marine Mammal Protection Act (United States) |
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MMS |
Minimum mesh size |
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MPA(s) |
Marine protected area(s) |
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MPEDA |
Marine Products Export Development Authority (India) |
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MSA |
Magnuson-Stevens Act (United States) |
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NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
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NEAFC |
Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
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NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
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NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (United States) |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States) |
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NPFMC |
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council |
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NRI |
Natural Resources Institute |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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PFMC |
Pacific Fisheries Management Council |
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PWCC |
Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative |
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RFB |
Regional fisheries body |
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RF(M)O |
Regional fisheries (management) organization |
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SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre |
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SEFSC |
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (United States) |
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SERFC |
Southeast River Forecast Center (United States) |
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SFA |
Sustainable Fisheries Act (United States) |
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SGDBI |
Study Group on Discard and By-catch Information (ICES) |
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SGFEN |
Subgroup on Fishery and Environment |
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SOFIA |
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (FAO) |
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SPC |
South Pacific Commission |
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SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
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SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
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SSD |
Seal saver device |
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STECF |
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries |
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TAC |
Total allowable catch |
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TED |
Turtle excluder device |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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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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UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
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UNIA |
United Nations Implementing Agreement |
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VNIRO |
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
