ATL |
Atlantic Ocean |
CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
CWP |
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics |
FAD |
Fish aggregating device |
FOC |
Flag of convenience |
IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
IND |
Indian Ocean |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
ISC |
Interim Scientific Committee on Tunas and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific |
IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated |
MED |
Mediterranean Sea |
NEI |
Nowhere else included (mostly "flag of convenience") |
PAC |
Pacific Ocean |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
TAC |
Total allowable catch |
Gear codes | |
BB |
Baitboat ("Baitboat" is used exclusively for "Pole and Line") |
GILL |
Gillnet |
LL |
Longline |
OTH |
Other gears |
PS |
Purse seine |
SURF |
Surface gears |
TRAP |
Trap |
TROL |
Troll |
Species codes | |
ALB |
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) |
BET |
Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) |
BFT |
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) |
PBF |
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) |
SBT |
Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) |
SKJ |
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
SWO |
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) |
YFT |
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |