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List of abbreviations


CARICOM

Caribbean Community and Common Market

CCAMLR

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CDS

International Catch Documentation Scheme

CFMC

Caribbean Fishery Management Council

CFRAMP

CARICOM Fishery Resources Assessment and Management Programme

CIA

United States Central Intelligence Agency

CIBPO

Caviar Caspian Balyk Industry Association

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMS

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

COFI

FAO Committee on Fisheries

CoP 10

Tenth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention

CoP 12

Twelfth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention

CTE

Committee on Trade and Environment

DSB

Dispute Settlement Body

DSBB

Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

ESCAP

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIDI

Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit

FII

Fishery Industries Division

FIIU

Fish Utilization and Marketing Service

FIR

Fishery Resources Division

FIRI

Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service

FIRM

Marine Resources Service

FOB

Free On Board

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

H&G

Headed and Gutted

HP

Horse Power

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INCOPESCA

Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura

IPOA-Capacity

International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity

IPOA-IUU

International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

IPOA-Seabirds

International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries

IPOA-Sharks

International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks

IQF

Individually Quick Frozen

ISOFISH

International Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Clearing House

IUCN

The World Conservation Union

IUU Fishing

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

LIFDC(s)

Low-Income Food-Deficit Country(ies)

MEA(s)

Multilateral Environmental Agreement(s)

MAPA

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

MEP

MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd.

MFN

Most-Favoured Nation

MT

Metric Tonne(s)

nei

not elsewhere included

NGO(s)

Non-Governmental Organization(s)

NIS

New Independent States

NMFS

National Marine Fisheries Service

OATA

Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association

OIT

Organización Internacional del Trabajo

RFBA(s)

Regional fishery body(ies) and arrangement(s)

SAGPyA

Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganadería Pesca y Alimentación

SOFIA

State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture

SSC

Species Survival Commission

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

TBT

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

UN

United Nations

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNTS

United Nations Treaty Series

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre


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