CARICOM |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
CCAMLR |
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CDS |
International Catch Documentation Scheme |
CFMC |
Caribbean Fishery Management Council |
CFRAMP |
CARICOM Fishery Resources Assessment and Management Programme |
CIA |
United States Central Intelligence Agency |
CIBPO |
Caviar Caspian Balyk Industry Association |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMS |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
CoP 10 |
Tenth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention |
CoP 12 |
Twelfth Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention |
CTE |
Committee on Trade and Environment |
DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
DSBB |
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
ESCAP |
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FIDI |
Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit |
FII |
Fishery Industries Division |
FIIU |
Fish Utilization and Marketing Service |
FIR |
Fishery Resources Division |
FIRI |
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service |
FIRM |
Marine Resources Service |
FOB |
Free On Board |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
H&G |
Headed and Gutted |
HP |
Horse Power |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
INCOPESCA |
Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura |
IPOA-Capacity |
International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity |
IPOA-IUU |
International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
IPOA-Seabirds |
International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries |
IPOA-Sharks |
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks |
IQF |
Individually Quick Frozen |
ISOFISH |
International Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Clearing House |
IUCN |
The World Conservation Union |
IUU Fishing |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
LIFDC(s) |
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country(ies) |
MEA(s) |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement(s) |
MAPA |
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación |
MEP |
MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd. |
MFN |
Most-Favoured Nation |
MT |
Metric Tonne(s) |
nei |
not elsewhere included |
NGO(s) |
Non-Governmental Organization(s) |
NIS |
New Independent States |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
OATA |
Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association |
OIT |
Organización Internacional del Trabajo |
RFBA(s) |
Regional fishery body(ies) and arrangement(s) |
SAGPyA |
Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganadería Pesca y Alimentación |
SOFIA |
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture |
SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
TBT |
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNTS |
United Nations Treaty Series |
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |