Glossary

Term	Definition
501©(3)	US tax code section designating nonprofit status
AAA	AQUACULTURE Areas Autorizadas para el ejercicio de la Acuicultura
AAHRDD	AQUACULTURE Aquatic Animal Health Research and Development Division
AAR	AQUACULTURE Aquaculture Activities Regulations
ABC	WILD CAPTURE acceptable biological catch
ACE	WILD CAPTURE Annual Catch Entitlement – “property right, which gives the holder the right to take a certain weight of a fishstock during a fishing year”
ACFS	AQUACULTURE National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, MOAC
ACRDP	AQUACULTURE Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program
ADFG	WILD CAPTURE Alaska Department of Fish and Game
ADMB	WILD CAPTURE Automatic Differentiation Model Builder
AFSC	WILD CAPTURE Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AG-S-NZLL	WILD CAPTURE Argos Georgia Ltd, Sanford Ltd, New Zealand Longline Line Ltd
AGD	AQUACULTURE Amoebic Gill Disease
AHPND	AQUACULTURE Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease, formerly known as Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS)
AIMS	AQUACULTURE Aquaculture Improvement Management System
AIP	Aquaculture Improvement Project
AIPCE	WILD CAPTURE EU Fish Processors Association (Association des Industries du Poisson de l’UE)
ALC	WILD CAPTURE Automatic Location Communicator
AMA	AQUACULTURE Aquaculture Management Area
AMDAL	AQUACULTURE Environmental Impact Assesment - Analisa Mengenai Dampak. Lingkungan
APRI	WILD CAPTURE Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab Processors Association (APRI-Asosiasi Prosesing Rajungan Indonesia)
ASAP	WILD CAPTURE Age Structured Assessment Program
ASC	Aquaculture Stewardship Council
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASI	WILD CAPTURE Accreditation Services International – an independent accreditation body which delivers accreditation and other relevant services to the Forest Stewardship Council, the Marine Stewardship Council and other certification schemes worldwide.
ASPIC	WILD CAPTURE A Stock Production Model Incorporating Covariates
ATSEA	WILD CAPTURE Timor Seas Ecosystem Action program
B	WILD CAPTURE biomass
B₀	WILD CAPTURE Virgin/unfished biomass
B_20%	WILD CAPTURE B_20% B-virg. Level of spawning stock corresponding to a fraction (here 20%) of the unexploited biomass. Virgin biomass is estimated as the point where the replacement line for F=0 intersects the stock-recruitment relationship or as the biomass from a spawning stock per recruit curve when F=0 and average recruitment is assumed.
B_MSY	WILD CAPTURE Biomass at MSY. Biomass corresponding to Maximum Sustainable Yield from a production model or from an age-based analysis using a stock recruitment model. Often used as a biological reference point in fisheries management, it is the calculated long-term average biomass value expected if fishing at F_MSY.
B_lim	WILD CAPTURE Limit reference point for spawning stock biomass (SSB). Below this value recruitment is expected to be ‘impaired’ or the stock dynamics are unknown. Below B_lim there is a higher risk that the stock could “collapse”. The meaning of “collapse” is that the stock has reached a level where it suffers from severely reduced productivity.
B_lrp	WILD CAPTURE a lower limit reference point for spawning stock biomass (SSB), for which Blim and B20% are commonly regarded as proxies.
B_pa	WILD CAPTURE precautionary reference point for spawning stock biomass (SSB). It is precautionary buffer to avoid that true SSB is at B_lim when the perceived SSB is at B_pa. In general, management advice is aimed at avoiding the risk that the spawning stock falls below B_pa. However, B_pa should not be regarded as a target reference point (B_trp).
B_trp	WILD CAPTURE an upper target reference point for spawning stock biomass (SSB), for which B_MSY and B_40% are commonly regarded as proxies.
BAP	AQUACULTURE Best Aquaculture Practices
BAPEDAL	AQUACULTURE The Environmental Impact Management Agency - Badan Pengendalian Dampak Lingkungan
BAPPEDA	AQUACULTURE Regional Development Planning Agency - Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah
BAPPENAS	AQUACULTURE National Development Planning Agency - Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional
BBP2HP	AQUACULTURE Center for testing application of fishery products
BCSFA	AQUACULTURE British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association
BFAR	Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
BFT	WILD CAPTURE bluefin tuna
BG	WILD CAPTURE Buoy gear
BKD	AQUACULTURE Bacterial Kidney Disease
BKPM	AQUACULTURE The Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board - Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal
BKPMD	AQUACULTURE Regional Investment Coordinating Board - Badan Koordinasi Promosi dan Penanaman Modal Daerah
BLL	WILD CAPTURE bottom longline
BMP	Best Management Practices
BOD	AQUACULTURE Biological Oxygen Demand
BOMEC	WILD CAPTURE Benthic Optimized Marine Environment Classification
BPA	WILD CAPTURE benthic protection area
BRD	WILD CAPTURE Bycatch Reduction Device
BRSDM	AQUACULTURE Marine and Fisheries Research Affairs and Human Resources - Badan Riset Dan SDM Kelautan Dan Perikanan
BSAI	WILD CAPTURE Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
BSC	WILD CAPTURE blue swimming crab
BSFF	AQUACULTURE Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Farmers Association
BSN	National Standardization Agency of Indonesia - Badan Standardisasi National
BSPA	WILD CAPTURE Baltic Sea Protected Areas
BSTI	AQUACULTURE Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute
BT	WILD CAPTURE Ben Tre
BTC	WILD CAPTURE Ben Tre Co-op
CAA	AQUACULTURE Coastal Aquaculture Authority
CAD	AQUACULTURE Prevalencia de Centros de Alta Diseminación (High Dissemination Centers)
CAFS	Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
CAIA	AQUACULTURE Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance
CAPPMA	China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance
CAR	AQUACULTURE Controlled Activities Regulations
CAS	Chinese Academy of Sciences
CASS	Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions
CAY	WILD CAPTURE Current Annual Yield
CB	WILD CAPTURE certifying body
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CBIB	AQUACULTURE Cara Budidaya Ikan yang Baik – Good Aquaculture Practices
CCA	WILD CAPTURE RFE Crab Catchers Association
CCAMLR	WILD CAPTURE Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources or Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCBSP	WILD CAPTURE Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea
CCSBT	WILD CAPTURE Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
CCT-RDZCS	WILD CAPTURE Comité Científico Técnico de Recursos Demersales de la Zona Centro-Sur (Scientific and Technical Committee for Demersal Resources of the South-Center Region) created under the New General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture of Chile
CDS	WILD CAPTURE catch documentation scheme/systems
CEAA	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
CFIA	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CIBA	AQUACULTURE The Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture
CIQ	Chinese Inspection Quarantine
CKIB	AQUACULTURE Cara Karantina Ikan Yang Baik - Fish Quarantine Guidelines
CMS	AQUACULTURE Cardiomyopathy Syndrome
CNA	AQUACULTURE Cámara Nacional de Acuautura
CNEC	China National Fishery Technology Extension Centre
CNEMC	AQUACULTURE China National Environmental Monitoring Center
COMAPS	AQUACULTURE Coastal Monitoring and Prediction System
CONAMA	AQUACULTURE National Commission for the Environment
CP	Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Ltd
CPIB	AQUACULTURE Cara Pembenihan Ikan Yang Baik - Good Hatchery Practices
CPS	AQUACULTURE Preliminary Site Characteristics
CPUE	WILD CAPTURE catch per unit effort
CRPBN-JPE	WILD CAPTURE Comité Régional de Pêche de Basse Normandie States of Jersey Department of Planning and Environment – Fisheries and Marine Resources
CSAS	Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat
CSRD	AQUACULTURE Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development
Cd	Cadmium
CoC	AQUACULTURE Code of Conduct
CoGP	AQUACULTURE Code of Good Practice
DAH	AQUACULTURE Department of Animal Health
DARD	AQUACULTURE Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
DD	WILD CAPTURE data-deficient
DE	WILD CAPTURE Denmark
DE-LJ	WILD CAPTURE Denmark Limfjord
DEEP	AQUACULTURE Department of Ecology and Environment Protection, Hainan
DFHE	Division of Fish Health and Environment
DFISH	Directorate of Fisheries
DFO	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
DGA	AQUACULTURE Directorate General of Aquaculture
DIA	AQUACULTURE Declarations of Environmental Impact
DJPB	AQUACULTURE Direktorat Jenderal Perikanan Budidaya (Directorate of Aquaculture)
DKP	AQUACULTURE Regional Department of Fisheries and Marine Affairs - Dinas Perikananan dan Kelautan Provinsi
DL	WILD CAPTURE drop/handline
DLD	AQUACULTURE Department of Livestock Development, MOAC, Thailand
DLHP	AQUACULTURE Provincial Environmental Service - Dinas Lingkungan Hidup Provinsi
DO	AQUACULTURE Dissolved Oxygen
DONRE	AQUACULTURE Department of Natural Resources and Environment
DPPO	WILD CAPTURE Danish Pelagic Producers Organization
DRB	WILD CAPTURE Boat dredges
DRB_dgb	WILD CAPTURE Digby dredges
DRH	WILD CAPTURE Hand dredges
DSFC	AQUACULTURE Division of Standard System for Fishery Commodities, DoF, Thailand
DTQS	AQUACULTURE Department of Technology and Quality Supervision
DWF	WILD CAPTURE distant water fishing
DWG	WILD CAPTURE Deepwater Group Ltd.
DWPE	AQUACULTURE detention without physical examination
DoE	AQUACULTURE Department of Environment
DoF	AQUACULTURE Department of Fisheries
EA	WILD CAPTURE environmental assessment
EB	WILD CAPTURE environment and biodiversity
EBFM	WILD CAPTURE ecosystem-based fisheries management
EBM	ecosystem-based management (see also ESBM)
EC	European Commision
EDF	WILD CAPTURE Environmental Defense Fund
EEZ	WILD CAPTURE Exclusive Economic Zone/Economic Exclusion Zone
EFH	WILD CAPTURE essential fish habitat
EHK	WILD CAPTURE Erzeugergemeinschaft der Hochsee- und Kutterfischer GmbH – client group of a Baltic herring fishery in MSC assessment and a MSC-certified North Sea saithe fishery
EHN	AQUACULTURE Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EIP	WILD CAPTURE Ecosystem Improvement Partnership
EMP	AQUACULTURE Environmental Management Plan
EMS	AQUACULTURE Early Mortality Syndrome
EPO	WILD CAPTURE Eastern Pacific Ocean
EPRBA	Evaluación de Proyectos, Recursos Bioacuáticos y su Ambiente
EQS	AQUACULTURE Environmental Quality Standards
ERA	WILD CAPTURE Ecological Risk Assessment
ESB('000t)	WILD CAPTURE Exploitable stock biomass
ESBM	WILD CAPTURE ecosystem-based management (see also EBM)
ESC	AQUACULTURE Enteric septicemia
ETBF	WILD CAPTURE The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) extends from Cape York, Queensland, to the South Australian/Victorian border and includes waters around Lord Howe and Norfolk Island and the high seas area under the region of concern of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
ETS	AQUACULTURE Effluent Treatment System
EU	European Union
EUS	AQUACULTURE Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome
EmBZ	AQUACULTURE Emamectin Benzoate
F	WILD CAPTURE fishing mortality
F_0.1	WILD CAPTURE F zero point one. The fishing mortality rate at which the marginal yield-per-recruit (i.e. the increase in yield-per-recruit in weight for an increase in one unit of fishing mortality) is only 10 percent of the marginal yield-per-recruit on the unexploited stock. The fishing mortality rate at which the slope of the yield-per-recruit curve is only one-tenth the slope of the curve at its origin. Gulland J.A. and L.K. Boerema (1973): Scientific advice on catch levels. Fishery Bulletin, 71(2): 325-335 via http://www.fao.org/faoterm/viewentry/en/?entryId=98298
F_MSY	WILD CAPTURE The fishing mortality rate which, if applied constantly, would result in Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY).
F_lim	WILD CAPTURE limit reference point for fishing mortality (mean over defined age range). The limit reference point for fishing mortality Flim is the fishing mortality that is expected to drive the stock to the biomass limit when it is maintained over time. This is exploitation rate that is expected to be associated with stock ‘collapse’ if maintained over a longer time.
F_pa	WILD CAPTURE precautionary reference point for fishing mortality (mean over defined age range). This is a precautionary buffer to avoid that true fishing mortality is at F_lim when the perceived fishing mortality is at F_pa. In general, management advice is aimed at avoiding the risk that fishing mortality rate increases above F_pa.
F_trp	WILD CAPTURE target fishing mortality in a management plan or management strategy.
FAD	WILD CAPTURE fish aggregating device/fish aggregation device/fish attracting device
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FAQ	frequently asked question
FCB	AQUACULTURE Faecal Coliform Bacteria
FCSTD	AQUACULTURE Fisheries Commodity Standard System and Traceability Division
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FFA	WILD CAPTURE Forum Fisheries Agency
FGR	Fisheries General Regulations
FHI	AQUACULTURE Fish Health Inspectorate
FHL	National Federation of Fish and Aquaculture Industries
FHMP	AQUACULTURE Fish Health Management Plan
FICZ	WILD CAPTURE Falklands Interim Conservation and Management Zone
FIP	Fishery Improvement Project
FKNMS	WILD CAPTURE The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
FL FWC	WILD CAPTURE Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
FLE	AQUACULTURE Framework Law on the Environment
FLNRO	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
FMA	AQUACULTURE Farm Management Area
FMAg	AQUACULTURE Farm Management Agreement
FMD	AQUACULTURE Fry Movement Document
FMP	WILD CAPTURE fishery management plan
FMS	AQUACULTURE Farm Management Statement
FOCZ	WILD CAPTURE Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone
FPO	WILD CAPTURE Faroese Pelagic Organization
FQIA	Fish Quarantine and Inspection Agency
FR	WILD CAPTURE France
FR-BN	WILD CAPTURE France Basse Normandie
FRML	WILD CAPTURE Fishing-related mortality limit (New Zealand)
FRQR	WILD CAPTURE Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera del Estado de Quintana Roo, S.C. de R. L. (Regional Federation of Fishing Cooperatives in Quintana Roo)
FYP	Five Year Plan
G-PB	WILD CAPTURE JSC Gidrostroy and Polar Bear Seafoods – client of a Russian salmon fishery in MSC assessment
GAA	Global Aquaculture Alliance
GAADPC	AQUACULTURE Guangdong Provincial Aquatic Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center
GADGET	WILD CAPTURE Globally applicable Area Disaggregated General Ecosystem Toolbox
GAP	AQUACULTURE Good Aquaculture Practices
GB-J	WILD CAPTURE Great Britain Jersey
GDEP	AQUACULTURE Guangdong Provincial Department of Environmental Protection
GDOF	AQUACULTURE Guangdong Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries
GE	WILD CAPTURE Germany
GERPARI	AQUACULTURE Independent Fish Feed Movement - Gerakan Pakan Ikan Mandiri
GFCM	WILD CAPTURE The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is a Regional Fishery Management Organization (RFMO) consisting of 23 member countries along with the European Union, aiming “to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and connecting waters”.
GFSI	WILD CAPTURE Global Food Safety Initiative
GIFT	AQUACULTURE Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia
GIS	geographic information system
GLFA	AQUACULTURE General Law of Fisheries and Aquaculture
GLFC	WILD CAPTURE Great Lakes Fishery Commission
GMFMC	WILD CAPTURE Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council
GMO	AQUACULTURE Genetically Modified Organism
GMP	AQUACULTURE Good Manufacturing Practice
GOC	WILD CAPTURE Gulf of California
GOH	WILD CAPTURE Global Ocean Health
GOM	WILD CAPTURE Gulf of Mexico
GP	WILD CAPTURE Glaciar Pesquera S.A
GPMT	AQUACULTURE The Indonesian Feedmills Association - Gabungan Perusahaan Makanan Ternak
GSA	WILD CAPTURE Geographical Sub-Areas in the Mediterranean Sea region, as defined by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). There are 30 GSAs in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and connecting waters.
GSC	WILD CAPTURE Global Steering Committee
GSGSSI	WILD CAPTURE Government of Southern Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
GTC	WILD CAPTURE Global Trust Certification
GY	WILD CAPTURE Guyana
GiLS	AQUACULTURE Genomics in Sea lice and Salmon
H₂O₂	AQUACULTURE Hydrogen Peroxide
HACCP	Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
HAPC	WILD CAPTURE habitat area of particular concern
HCR	WILD CAPTURE harvest control rule
HELCOM	WILD CAPTURE Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
HG	WILD CAPTURE Heiploeg Group
HMA	WILD CAPTURE Hoki Management Areas are defined in the New Zealand Hoki fishery with the aim to to improve stock recruitment. Comprise closed areas to hoki fishing but are accessible to other species fishing.
HMFD	AQUACULTURE Hainan Marine and Fishery Department
HMS	WILD CAPTURE highly migratory species
HPM	AQUACULTURE Hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis
HSMI	AQUACULTURE Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation
HSS	WILD CAPTURE Harvest Strategy Standard
HTSA	AQUACULTURE Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Alliance
Harvest rate	WILD CAPTURE (= harvest ratio) ratio between landings or catch in weight and stock (spawning, fishable/total) estimated biomass.
IATTC	WILD CAPTURE The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICAFIS	AQUACULTURE International Collaborating Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries Sustainability
ICAR	AQUACULTURE The Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICCAT	WILD CAPTURE International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICES	The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which is a network of more than 1600 scientists from 200 institutes linked by an intergovernmental agreement (the ICES Convention) to add value to national research efforts. ICES is the prime source of scientific advice on the marine ecosystem to governments and international regulatory bodies that manage the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.
IDH	Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative
IFFO	International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization
IFOP	WILD CAPTURE Instituto de Fomento Pesquero – Chilean fisheries research institute
IFQ	WILD CAPTURE individual fishing quota
IFREMER	WILD CAPTURE French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea
IHHN	AQUACULTURE Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis
IHHNV	AQUACULTURE Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus
IHN	AQUACULTURE Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis
ILUFA	WILD CAPTURE Inti Fajar Luhur Abadi
IMAP	AQUACULTURE Integrated Management of Aquaculture Plans
IMN	AQUACULTURE Infectious Myonecrosis
INCOIS	Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
INP	Instituto Nacional de Pesca
INTESAL	AQUACULTURE Instituto Tecnológico del Salmón of Salmonchile
IO	WILD CAPTURE Indian Ocean
IOM	AQUACULTURE Integrated Operating Module
IOTC	WILD CAPTURE Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IP	AQUACULTURE Intra Peritoneal injection
IPHC	WILD CAPTURE International Pacific Halibut Commission
IPN	AQUACULTURE Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
IPSARD	AQUACULTURE Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development
IR	WILD CAPTURE Ireland
IRBA	AQUACULTURE Investigación de los Recursos Bioacuaticos y su Ambiente
ISA	AQUACULTURE Infectious Salmon Anemia
ISAV	AQUACULTURE Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
ISC	WILD CAPTURE International Scientific Community
ISIS	WILD CAPTURE International Species Information System
ISSF	WILD CAPTURE International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
ITQ	WILD CAPTURE individual transferable quota
IUU	illegal, unregulated, and unreported
IVQ	WILD CAPTURE individual vessel quota
IndoGAP	AQUACULTURE Indonesian Good Aquaculture Practices
JFA	WILD CAPTURE Japanese Fisheries Association
JFRCA	WILD CAPTURE Japan Fisheries Resources Conservation Association
JNRFC	WILD CAPTURE Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission
JP-HK	WILD CAPTURE Japan Hokkaido
KKP	Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (MMAF)
KML	WILD CAPTURE Kelola Mina Laut (Indonesian shrimp processor)
LCA	WILD CAPTURE length-cohort analysis
LDWF	WILD CAPTURE Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
LEC	WILD CAPTURE Lake Erie Committee’s
LGPA	WILD CAPTURE Ley General de Pesca y Acuicultura de Chile (New General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture)
LHM	WILD CAPTURE Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)
LHM_pll	WILD CAPTURE Pole-lines mechanized
LHP	WILD CAPTURE Handlines and pole-lines (hand operated)
LHP_pll	WILD CAPTURE Pole-lines hand operated
LIPI	AQUACULTURE Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia
LK-RFM	WILD CAPTURE Limfjords Kompagniet A/S and Royal Frysk Muscheln GmbH – clients of a Danish mussel and oyster fishery in MSC assessment
LPUE	WILD CAPTURE landings per unit effort
LRP	WILD CAPTURE limit reference point
LSSI	WILD CAPTURE Lesser Sunda Sustainable Initiative
LTLF	WILD CAPTURE low trophic level fisheries
LVFO	WILD CAPTURE Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
MAB	Maximum Allowable Biomass
MAGAP	Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca
MAP	Mangrove Action Project
MARD	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
MAY	WILD CAPTURE Maximum Annual Yield
MCSE	WILD CAPTURE monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement
MCY	WILD CAPTURE Maximum Constant Yield
MD	WILD CAPTURE management-deficient (fishery)
MDs	AQUACULTURE Movement Documents
MEC	WILD CAPTURE Marine Environmental Classification (New Zealand)
MEP	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Environmental Protection
MERP	AQUACULTURE Marine Environmental Research Program
MF-IMAP	AQUACULTURE Marine Finfish Integrated Management of Aquaculture Plans
MGSA	AQUACULTURE Ministerial Group for Sustainable Aquaculture
MIS	WILD CAPTURE management information system
ML	WILD CAPTURE Maldives
MLS	WILD CAPTURE minimum landing size
MMAF	Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
MOA	memorandum of agreement
MOAC	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
MOM	AQUACULTURE Matfiskanlegg Overvåkning Modellering
MOM-B	AQUACULTURE Matfiskanlegg Overvåkning Modellering in the production zone
MOM-C	AQUACULTURE Matfiskanlegg Overvåkning Modellering in the transition zone
MONRE	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
MOU	memorandum of understanding
MPA	marine protected area
MPEDA	Marine Products Export Development Authority
MPI	WILD CAPTURE Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand Government)
MRAG	Marine Resources and Fisheries Consultants
MRC	Mekong River Commission
MRI	WILD CAPTURE Marine Research Institute
MRL	AQUACULTURE Maximum Residue Level
MS	Marine Scotland
MSA	WILD CAPTURE Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act
MSC Full Assessment	WILD CAPTURE is an assessment process for getting global certification and eco-label for sustainable and well managed fisheries. If the fisheries pass the assessment, they will be awarded MSC certification. The MSC is the world’s leading certification and ecolabelling program for sustainable seafood.
MSPEA	WILD CAPTURE Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association
MSS	Marine Scotland Science
MSY	WILD CAPTURE maximum sustainable yield
MWQI	AQUACULTURE Marine Water Quality Index
MaPP	AQUACULTURE Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast
MoE	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Environment
MoEF	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Environment and Forestry
MoFL	Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
MoWR	AQUACULTURE Ministry of Water Resources
NAAHP	AQUACULTURE National Aquatic Animal Health Programme
NACA	AQUACULTURE Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
NAFO	WILD CAPTURE Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NASCO	North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NAqDP	AQUACULTURE National Aquaculture Development Policies
NBFGR	AQUACULTURE National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
NCP	AQUACULTURE Plan Nacional de Control
NCZMA	AQUACULTURE National Coastal Zone Management Authority
NEA	AQUACULTURE Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljodirektoratet-Forside)
NEAFC	WILD CAPTURE North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
NEPA	WILD CAPTURE National Environmental Policy Act
NESC	WILD CAPTURE Norway Export Seafood Council
NFDB	National Fisheries Development Board
NFI	WILD CAPTURE National Fisheries Institute
NGO	non-governmental organization
NIVA	AQUACULTURE Norwegian Institute for Water Research
NIWA	WILD CAPTURE National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
NMFCA	The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
NMFS	WILD CAPTURE National Marine Fisheries Service
NMTIF	The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
NOAA	WILD CAPTURE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPAFC	WILD CAPTURE North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NPFMC	WILD CAPTURE North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NPS	WILD CAPTURE National Park Service
NRCP	AQUACULTURE National Residue Control Program
NS	WILD CAPTURE Norges Sildesalgslag
NSFA	Norwegian Food Safety Authority
NSL	The Norwegian Seafood Association
NVE	AQUACULTURE The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
NWCR	WILD CAPTURE North-Western Chatham Rise
NaCSA	AQUACULTURE National Center for Sustainable Aquaculture
OA	WILD CAPTURE Ovenstone Agencies
ODDC	WILD CAPTURE Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission
ODP	Ocean Disclosure Project
OFL	WILD CAPTURE overfishing level
OIE	AQUACULTURE World Organization for Animal Health
OPRT	WILD CAPTURE Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries
OSPAR	The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
OT-TTC	WILD CAPTURE Ocean Trawlers – Three Town Capital
OY	WILD CAPTURE optimum yield
PACPI	WILD CAPTURE Philippine Association of Crab Processors (acc Phillips Seafood)
PARR	AQUACULTURE The Program for Aquaculture Regulatory Research
PBCL	WILD CAPTURE Pontchartrain Blue Crab of Louisiana
PCD	AQUACULTURE Pollution Control Department, MONRE, Thailand
PCR	AQUACULTURE Polymerase Chain Reaction
PD	AQUACULTURE Pancreas Disease
PFA	WILD CAPTURE Pelagic Freezer Trawlers Association
PFMC	WILD CAPTURE Pacific Fishery Management Council
PITIA	WILD CAPTURE Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association
PL	AQUACULTURE Post Larvae
PNC	AQUACULTURE Plan Nacional de Control
PNCIMA	AQUACULTURE The Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area
POP	WILD CAPTURE Productive Oceans Partnership
PPC	AQUACULTURE Provincial People Committee
PPM-WWF	WILD CAPTURE Productos Pesqueros de Matancitas S.A. de C.V. and the World Wildlife Fund.
PRC	People's Republic of China
PRTR	AQUACULTURE Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
PSC	WILD CAPTURE Pacific Salmon Commission
QAAD	AQUACULTURE Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reports, NACA
QFC	WILD CAPTURE Quantitative Fisheries Center
QMA	WILD CAPTURE Quota Management Area
QMS	WILD CAPTURE Quota Management System (New Zealand)
RAH	WILD CAPTURE Recommended Allowable Harvest
RAMA	AQUACULTURE Reglamento Ambiental de la Acuicultura
RASFF	AQUACULTURE Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
RCT3	WILD CAPTURE recruitment analysis program
RECOFI	WILD CAPTURE Regional Commission for Fisheries
REDD	WILD CAPTURE The United Nations Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
RESA	AQUACULTURE Sanitary Regulations for Aquaculture
RFE	WILD CAPTURE Russian Far East
RFMO	WILD CAPTURE regional fishery management organization
RIA2	AQUACULTURE Research Institute for Aquaculture No.2
RMS	AQUACULTURE Running Mortality Syndrome
RPA	WILD CAPTURE Russian Pollock Association
RPSA	WILD CAPTURE Russian Pollock Sustainability Alliance
RSS	WILD CAPTURE RDF Site Summary (originally), now often called “Really Simple Syndication” – web feed formats
RU-II	WILD CAPTURE Russia Iturup Island
S_MSY	WILD CAPTURE Spawning biomass at the maximum sustainable yield; also referred to as SSB_MSY.
SAB	WILD CAPTURE Science Advisory Board
SAC	Scientific Advisory Committee
SAFE	WILD CAPTURE stock assessment and fishery evaluation
SAFMC	WILD CAPTURE South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
SAG	WILD CAPTURE science advisory group
SAIC	AQUACULTURE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre
SAP	AQUACULTURE Sustainable Aquaculture Program
SARF	AQUACULTURE Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
SARPC	WILD CAPTURE Syndicat des Armements Réunionnais de Palangriers Congélateurs
SAV	AQUACULTURE Salmonid Alphavirus
SCA	WILD CAPTURE Seafood Choice Alliance
SCAA	WILD CAPTURE Statistical catch-at-age
SCAP	AQUACULTURE Southern Centre for Agricultural Policy
SCI	AQUACULTURE Shrimp Club Indonesia
SCNAI	AQUACULTURE Strategy for a Competitive Norwegian Aquaculture industry
SEAFDEC	Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center
SEAFO	WILD CAPTURE Southeast Atlantic Fisheries Organization
SEASL	WILD CAPTURE Seafood Exporters’ Association of Sri Lanka
SEPA	AQUACULTURE Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
SESNAI	AQUACULTURE The Strategy for an Environmentally Sustainable Norwegian Aquaculture Industry
SFP	Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
SFPZ	WILD CAPTURE Svalbard Fishery Protection Zone
SGPVD	AQUACULTURE Salmon Gill Poxvirus Disease
SGSSI	WILD CAPTURE South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
SH	WILD CAPTURE St. Helena
SHDA	WILD CAPTURE St Helena Development Agency
SIAC	AQUACULTURE Sistema Integral de Attención Ciudadana
SIBATIK	AQUACULTURE Fish Drug Information System - Sistem Informasi Obat Ikan
SIDA	WILD CAPTURE Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SIDI	AQUACULTURE Lake Indonesia Information System - Sistem Informasi Danau Indonesia
SIGES	AQUACULTURE Sistema Integrado de Gestión de Salmon Chile
SINAGAP	AQUACULTURE Ecuadorian Agro Information System
SINIA	AQUACULTURE The Sistema Nacional de Informacion Ambiental
SIODFA	WILD CAPTURE Southern Indian Ocean Deepsea Fishers Association
SIOFA	WILD CAPTURE South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
SIUP	Fisheries Business License - Surat Izin Usaha Perikanan
SK/BC	WILD CAPTURE Sian Ka’an and Banco Chinchorro - Mexican biosphere reserves and location of spiny lobster fishery in MSC assessment
SKPT	AQUACULTURE Integrated Marine and Fisheries Centers - Sentra Kelautan dan Perikanan Terpadu
SLED	WILD CAPTURE Sea Lion Exclusion Devices
SNH	AQUACULTURE Scottish Natural Heritage
SNI	Indonesian National Standards - Standar Nasional Indonesia
SPANS	WILD CAPTURE Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia
SPC	WILD CAPTURE Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPF	AQUACULTURE Specific Pathogen Free
SPPO	WILD CAPTURE Sveriges Pelagiska Producent Organisation – client of a Baltic and North Sea herring and sprat fishery in MSC assessment
SPR	AQUACULTURE Specific Pathogen Resistant
SPRFMO	WILD CAPTURE South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
SPRI	AQUACULTURE Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory
SPSG	WILD CAPTURE Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group
SRA	WILD CAPTURE Stock Reduction Analysis
SRS	AQUACULTURE Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia
SS	AQUACULTURE Suspended Solids
SSB	WILD CAPTURE Spawning Stock Biomass. The total weight of all fish (both males and females) in the population which contribute to reproduction.
SSFC	AQUACULTURE Surat Thani Shrimp Farmers Club
SSP	AQUACULTURE Sustainable Shrimp Program, Surat Thani Shrimp Farmers Club
SSPO	AQUACULTURE Scottish Salmon Producers Organization
STECF	WILD CAPTURE Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
SU	WILD CAPTURE Suriname
SUBPESCA	Subsecretariat de Pesca (Chile)
SUMA	AQUACULTURE Sistema Único de Manejo Ambiental
SW	WILD CAPTURE Sweden
SWSFC	WILD CAPTURE South Wales Sea Fishery Committee
SakhNIRO	WILD CAPTURE Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
TAC	WILD CAPTURE Total Allowable Catch. The TAC is the total catch allowed to be taken from a resource in a specified period (usually a year), as defined in the management plan. The TAC may be allocated to the stakeholders in the form of quotas as specific quantities or proportions.
TACC	WILD CAPTURE Total Allowable Commercial Catch
TAG	WILD CAPTURE technical advisory group
TCB	AQUACULTURE Total Coliform Bacteria
TCI	WILD CAPTURE Trust for Conservation Innovation
TCPG	WILD CAPTURE Thai Crab Product Group
TED	WILD CAPTURE Turtle Excluder Device
TER	WILD CAPTURE Tortugas Ecological Reserve
TFBZ	AQUACULTURE Teflubenzuron
TGC	WILD CAPTURE total global catch
TMANZ	WILD CAPTURE Tuna Management Association of New Zealand
TMSFA	AQUACULTURE Thai Marine Shrimp Farmers Association
TSFR	AQUACULTURE Thai Sustainable Fishmeal Roundtable
ThaiGAP	AQUACULTURE Thailand Good Aquaculture Practices
TiLV	AQUACULTURE Tilapia Lake Virus
Trash fish	WILD CAPTURE Discarded fish. Fish with little or no commercial value and not sorted by species before landing. Usually part of the trawlers’ by-catch. In the Gulf of Thailand, trash fish is used for aquaculture. It can also be used for fishmeal production. In many developing countries (e.g. China, India) it is used extensively for human consumption.
U('000t)	WILD CAPTURE Survey biomass index
UAG	WILD CAPTURE users advisory group
UKL	AQUACULTURE Environmental Management Measures - Upaya Pengelolaan Lingkungan
UN	United Nations
UNDP	United Nations Development Program
UNEP	AQUACULTURE United Nations Environment Program
UNGEF	WILD CAPTURE United Nations Global Environment Facility
UPL	AQUACULTURE Environmental Monitoring Measures - Upaya Pemantauan Lingkungan
UPT	Technical Implementation Units - Unit Pelaksana Teknis
UPTD	AQUACULTURE Regional Technical Implementation Unit - Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah Tingkat Provinsi
US-HI	WILD CAPTURE USA Hawaii
UWTV	WILD CAPTURE underwater television
VASEP	Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers
VBQPPL	AQUACULTURE Legal Normative Documents - Vietnam
VDD	AQUACULTURE Veterinary Drugs Directorate
VHS	AQUACULTURE Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
VINAFIS	Vietnam Fisheries Association
VINAPA	AQUACULTURE Vietnam Pangasius Association
VME	WILD CAPTURE vulnerable marine ecosystem
VMS	WILD CAPTURE vessel monitoring system
VPA	WILD CAPTURE virtual population analysis
VietGAP	AQUACULTURE Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices
WAHIS	AQUACULTURE World Animal Health Information System/Database
WB	World Bank
WCP	WILD CAPTURE Western and Central Pacific
WCPFC	WILD CAPTURE Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
WCPO	WILD CAPTURE Western and Central Pacific Ocean/Western Central Pacific Ocean
WFD	AQUACULTURE Water Framework Directive
WFF	WILD CAPTURE Walton Family Foundation
WFOA	WILD CAPTURE American Western Fish Boat Owners Association
WFS	AQUACULTURE White Feces Syndrome
WJWSI	AQUACULTURE West Java Water Sustainability Index
WMS	AQUACULTURE White Muscle Syndrome
WPRFMC	WILD CAPTURE Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
WSD	AQUACULTURE White Spot Disease
WTG	WILD CAPTURE Walleye Task Group
WWF	Worldwide Fund for Nature
XSA	WILD CAPTURE Extended Survivor Analysis
YHD	AQUACULTURE Yellowhead Disease
YHV	AQUACULTURE Yellowhead Virus
nei	WILD CAPTURE a FAO term meaning “not elsewhere included”; when is not possible to identify to the species and more than one species is included in the same group