ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AFFA |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Australia |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the USA |
AQIS |
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
BFAR |
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Philippines |
BMNV |
Baculoviral Midgut Gland Necrosis Virus |
BMP |
Best Management Practice |
BP |
Baculovirus Penaeii |
CCRF |
FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CNA |
Camara Nacional de Acuacultura |
CTSA |
Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture |
DIAS |
FAO Database of Introduced Aquatic Species |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency of the USA |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FCR |
Food Conversion Ratio |
GAA |
Global Aquaculture Alliance |
GAV |
Gill Associated Virus |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GSMFC |
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission |
h2 |
Heritability coefficient |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point |
HH |
High Health |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
IHHNV |
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus |
INP |
Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Ecuador |
IRA |
Import Risk Analysis |
JSA |
Joint Sub-committee on Aquaculture |
LOVV |
Lymphoid Organ Vacuolization Virus |
LPV |
Lymphoid Parvo-like Virus |
MBA (PVB) |
Monodon Baculovirus |
MCMS |
Mid Crop Mortality Syndrome |
MOFI |
Ministry of Fisheries of Viet Nam |
MOV |
Mourilyan Virus |
MPEDA |
Marine Products Export Development Agency of India |
MSFP |
Marine Shrimp Farming Program of the USA |
MT |
Metric tonnes |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
NHP |
Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis |
NMFS |
National Marine Fishery Service (of Dept of Commerce) |
NPV |
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Baculovirus |
OIE |
World Organisation for Animal Health |
PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
PL |
Postlarvae |
ppb |
parts per billion |
ppm |
parts per million |
ppt |
parts per thousand |
RDS |
Runt Deformity Syndrome |
REO |
Reo-like Viruses |
RNA |
Ribonucleic Acid |
SEMERNAP |
Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y Pesca, Mexico |
SMV |
Spawner-isolated Mortality Virus |
SOP |
Standard Operation Procedure |
SPF |
Specific Pathogen Free |
SPR |
Specific Pathogen Resistant |
SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement |
TBT |
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
TFRC |
Thai Farmers Research Center Co. |
TSV |
Taura Syndrome Virus |
USA |
United States of America |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
USDC |
United States Development Council |
UV |
Ultra Violet |
WB |
World Bank |
WWF |
World Wildlife Fund (Worldwide Fund for Nature) |
WSSV (SMBV) |
White Spot Syndrome Virus |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
YHV (YBV) |
Yellow Head Virus |