ACFM |
Advisory Committee on Fisheries Management |
AICDP |
Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program |
APFIC |
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
ASFIS |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System |
BRDs |
Bycatch Reduction Devices |
CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
CWP |
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics |
DOALOS |
UN Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
EAF |
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
FADs |
Fish-Aggregating Devices |
FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System |
FSA |
United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement |
GFCM |
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPHC |
International Pacific Halibut Commission |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
IUU |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated |
IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
MHLC |
Multilateral High Level Conferences on South Pacific Tuna Fisheries |
MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NASCO |
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization |
NEAFC |
Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
RFB |
Regional Fishery Bodies |
RFMOs |
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations |
SEAFO |
Southeast Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
SIDP |
FAO Species Identification and Data Programme |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
TURF |
Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCLOS |
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
WECAF |
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission |
WTPSO |
World Tuna Purse-Seine Organization |