BTSD |
Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document |
CDS |
Catch Documentation Scheme |
COFI |
FAO Committee on Fisheries |
CIMSRL |
Cook Islands Maritime & Shipping Registry |
CPCs |
Contracting Parties and cooperating non-Contracting Parties |
CRS |
Cyprus Register of Ships |
CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
DFMR |
Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of the Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and the Environment |
DMS |
Department of Merchant Shipping of the Cyprus Ministry of Communications and Works |
DWFN |
Distant Water Fisheries Nation |
EPO |
Eastern Pacific Ocean |
EC |
European Community |
EU |
European Union |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FOC |
Flag of Convenience |
GRT |
Gross Registered Tons |
GT |
Gross Tons |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
HSVAR |
High Seas Vessels Authorization Record |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
ITF |
International Transport Workers Federation |
ITLOS |
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea |
IUU fishing |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
LSFV |
Large Scale Fishing Vessel |
LSTFV |
Licensed Large-scale Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels |
MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 |
MCS |
Monitoring, control and surveillance |
MCI |
Maritime Cook Islands Limited |
MMR |
Ministry of Marine Resources of the Cook Islands |
MOT |
Ministry of Transport of the Cook Islands |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
RFMO |
Regional Fishery Management Organization |
SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
SEFC |
Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
SFVR |
Small Fishing Vessel Register |
SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 |
TIS |
Trade Information Scheme |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCLOS |
1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNICPOLOS |
United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea |
VMS |
Vessel Monitoring System |
WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |