ABAFR |
Aquatic Biology Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources |
ACP-EU |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union |
AFRIAMSLIC |
Africa Regional Group of IAMSLIC |
AGORA |
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture |
AGRIS |
International Information System for Agricultural Sciences and Technology |
AJOL |
African Journals Online |
ASFA |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
ASFIS |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System |
CABI |
CAB International |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CRFM |
CARICOM Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CD-ROM |
Compact disc read-only memory |
CDS/ISIS |
Computerized Documentation Service/Integrated Set of Information Systems |
CIFA |
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa |
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
DOAJ |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
eIFL |
Electronic Information for Libraries |
eJDS |
Electronic Journals Delivery Service |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FDI |
Fonds documentaire de lIRD |
FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System |
FIRMS |
Fishery Resources Monitoring System |
FISON |
Fisheries Society of Nigeria |
GAINS |
Ghana Agricultural Information Network Systems |
GESAMP |
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection |
GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
HTML |
Hypertext markup language |
IAMSLIC |
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers |
IAHS |
International Association of Hydrological Services |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
ICEIDA |
Icelandic International Development Agency |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICSF |
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers |
ICT |
Information and communication technology |
ICTP |
International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
IFLA |
International Federation of Library Associations |
IFREMER |
Institut français de recherche pour lexploitation de la mer |
IFS |
International Foundation for Science |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
IMROP |
Institut mauritanien de recherches océanographiques et des pêches |
INASP |
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
IRD |
Institut de recherche pour le développement |
ISI |
Institute for Scientific Information |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
IUU |
Illegal, unregulated and unreported |
JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
KMFRI |
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
LAN |
Local area network |
LARReC |
Living Aquatic Resources Research Centre |
LIFDC |
Low Income Food Deficit Countries |
LUC |
Limburg University Centrum |
MALA |
Malawi Library Association |
MALICO |
Malawi Library and Information Consortium |
MARC |
Machine Readable Catalogue |
MOFR |
Marine, Oceanographic and Freshwater Resources |
MRC |
Mekong River Commission |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
NIFFR |
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research |
NISC |
National Information Services Corporation |
NISC SA |
National Information Services Corporation South Africa |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
OCLC |
Online Computer Library Center |
ODINAFRICA |
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa |
OPAC |
Online Public Access Catalogue |
OSI |
Open Society Institute |
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Portable Document Format |
PERI |
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information |
RECOSCIX-WIO |
Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange - Western Indian Ocean |
RFBs |
Regional fishery bodies or arrangements |
SABINET |
South African Bibliographic and Information Network |
SADC |
Southern African Development Cooperation |
TWAS |
Third World Academy of Sciences |
SADC IFSTCU |
SADC Inland Fisheries Sector Technical Coordination Unit |
SAIAB |
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity |
SciELO |
Scientific Electronic Library Online |
SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre |
SEAFIS |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Information System |
SFA |
Seychelles Fishing Authority |
SFLP |
Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme |
SOFIA |
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
STREAM |
Support to Regional Aquatic Resources Management |
TEEAL |
The Essential Electronic Agriculture Library |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
VSAT |
Very small aperture terminal |
WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre/Centre mondial dinformation agricole |
WAS |
World Aquaculture Society |
WinISIS |
CDS/ISIS for Windows |
WIO |
Western Indian Ocean |
WIOMSA |
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association |
WRI |
Water Research Institute |
XML |
Extensible markup language |