AAFC	African Atlantic Fisheries Conference (unofficial acronym - see ATLAFCO)
ACAP	Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
ACCOBAMS	Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area
ACFM	Advisory Committee on Fisheries Management (ICES)
ACFR	Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research (FAO)
ADD	acoustic deterrent device
AIDCP	Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program
AMAP	Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (Arctic Council)
APFIC	Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission
ASCOBANS	Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
ATLAFCO	Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean (also known by its French acronym COMHAFAT)
BASIS	Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey Plan
BWU	blue whale unit
CAFF	Programme for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
CARPAS	Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee for the Southwest Atlantic
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAMLR	Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCSBT	Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
CDS	catch documentation scheme
CECAF	Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries
CEPTFA	Council of the Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing Agreement
CFP	Common Fisheries Policy (European Union)
CIESM	International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
COFI	Committee on Fisheries (FAO)
COMHAFAT	see ATLAFCO
COREP	Regional Fisheries Committee for the Gulf of Guinea
CMP	conservation and management plan
CMS	Convention on Migratory Species
CPPS	Permanent Commission for the South Pacific
CPUE	catch per unit effort
CSD	Commission on Sustainable Development
CSRP	Sub-Regional Commission on Fisheries (Commission sous-régional des pêches)
CTE	Committee on Trade and Environment (WTO)
CWP	Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics
CZM	Coastal Zone Management
EEZ	exclusive economic zone
EFZ	exclusive fishing zone
EIA	environmental impact assessment
EPO	Eastern Pacific Ocean
ETP	Eastern Tropical Pacific
FAD	fish aggregating device
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FCZ	fishery conservation zone
FICZ	Falkland Islands Conservation and Management Zone
FIMIS	Fishery Management Information System (FAO)
FFA	South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
FMP	fisheries management plan
GEC	Global environmental change
GESAMP	Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmenal Protection
GFCM	General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean
GIS	geographic information system
GRT	Gross registered tonnage
HMS	highly migratory species
IATTC	Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
IBSFC	International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission
ICCAT	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna
ICES	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICNAF	International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
ICRW	International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
ICSEAF	International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries
ICZM	Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IDCP	International Dolphin Conservation Program
IFQ	individual fishing quota
IISD	International Institute on Sustainable Development
ILC	International Law Commission
IMO	International Maritime Organization
INFOFISH	Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fish Products in the Asia/Pacific Region
IOC	International Oceanographic Commission
IOFC	Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
IOSEA	Indian Ocean and South East Asia
IOTC	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IPHC	International Pacific Halibut Commission
IPOA	international plan of action
IPTP	Indo-Pacific Tuna Programme
IRP	International Review Panel (IDCP)
ITLOS	International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
ITQ	individual transferable quota
IUCN	International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
IWC	International Whaling Commission
LME	large marine ecosystem
LOS	Law of the sea
LOSC	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
MCS	monitoring, control and surveillance
MHLC	Multilateral High Level Conference on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
MMPA	Marine Mammal Protection Act
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MPA	marine protected area
MSY	maximum sustainable yield
NAFO	Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAMMCO	North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NASCO	North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NEAFC	Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission
NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Service (United States)
NMP	new management procedure
NPAFC	North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NPOA	national plan of action
OAPO	Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing Organization
OLDEPESCA	Latin American Organization for the Development of Fisheries
PCA	Permanent Court of Arbitration
PICES	North Pacific Marine Science Organization
PSC	Pacific Salmon Commission
RECOFI	Regional Commission for Fisheries
RMP	revised management procedure
RMS	revised management scheme
SBSTTA	Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD)
SCRS	Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (ICCAT)
SEAFDEC	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre
SEAFO	South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization
SOWER	Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research
SPAW	Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (Protocol to the Cartagena Convention for the Wider Caribbean Region)
SPC	South Pacific Commission
SPTT	South Pacific Tuna Treaty
SSB	spawning stock biomass
SSBR	spawning stock biomass per recruit
SRCF	Sub-Regional Commission on Fisheries (also known by its French acronym CSRP)
STATLANT	Statistical Programme for the Atlantic Fisheries
TAC	total allowable catch
TALFF	total allowable level of foreign fishing
TED	turtle excluder device OR trawl efficiency device
UNCED	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCLOS	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCLOS I/II/III	First, Second and Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
UNDP	United Nations Development Program
UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
UNFSA	United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (also UNFA)
VMS	vessel monitoring system
WCPFC	Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
WECAFC	Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission
WIOTO	West Indian Ocean Tuna Organization
WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO	World Trade Organization

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