Glossary

Term Definition
SMSY WILD CAPTURE

Spawning biomass at the maximum sustainable yield; also referred to as SSBMSY.

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.

SSF WILD CAPTURE

Small Scale Fisheries

SSFC AQUACULTURE

Surat Thani Shrimp Farmers Club

SSP AQUACULTURE

Sustainable Shrimp Partnership

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

SWSFC WILD CAPTURE

South Wales Sea Fishery Committee

SakhNIRO WILD CAPTURE

Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography