APFIC |
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
CECAF |
Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic |
COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
EEZ |
exclusive economic zone |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FIGIS |
FAO Fisheries Global Information System |
FPZ |
fisheries protection zone |
GFCM |
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
HSVAR |
FAO High Seas Vessels Authorization Record |
IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
IBSFC |
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPOA - Capacity |
International Plan of Action on the Management of Fishing Capacity |
IPOA - IUU |
International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
IUU fishing |
illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing |
LOU |
local operational units |
MCS |
monitoring, control and surveillance |
MEDFISIS |
Mediterranean Fishery Statistics and Information System |
NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NASCO |
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization |
NEAFC |
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NPAFC |
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission |
NPOA |
National Plan of Action |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OU |
operational unit |
RFMO |
regional fisheries management organization |
SAC |
Scientific Advisory Committee of the GFCM |
SEAFO |
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
VMS |
vessel monitoring system |
WCPFC |
Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |