Acronyms
Published: 04/05/2005
Some of the most commonly used acronyms within sustainable fisheries.
ACE Advisory Committee on Ecosystems IMPRESS Interactions between the marine environment, predators and prey: implications for sustainable sandeel fisheries ACFM Advisory Committee on Fishery Management ACME Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment AGDS acoustic ground-discrimination systems ASC Annual Science Conference ASCOBANS Agreement on Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas BDC OSPAR Biodiversity Committee BEWG Benthos Ecology Working Group BOOS Baltic Ocean Observing System BSRP Baltic Sea Regional Project COMBINE Cooperative Monitoring in the Baltic Marine Environment (HELCOM) DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane DG Directorate General EC European Commission EcoQ Ecological Quality EcoQO Ecological Quality Objective EEA European Environment Agency ELIFONTS Effects of Large-Scale Industrial Fisheries on Non-target Species EU European Union EUNIS European Nature Information System GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographical Information System GIWA Global International Waters Assessment GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics GOOS Global Ocean Observing System HELCOM Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) IBSFC International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission IBTS International Bottom Trawl Survey ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IWC International Whaling Commission JAMP OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK) MarLIN Marine Life Information Network programme (UK) MONAS HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Group MCAP Management Committee on the Advisory Process MPAs Marine Protected Areas MSVPA Multispecies Virtual Population Analysis NAO North Atlantic Oscillation NASCO North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization NGOs non-governmental organizations NMMP National Marine Monitoring Programme (UK) NORSEPP Planning Group on the North Sea Pilot Project NSBP North Sea Benthos Project NSBS North Sea Benthos Survey OSPAR OSPAR Commission PA Precautionary Approach PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls PODs porpoise detectors PDV Phocine Distemper Virus PGIBSRP Planning Group on the Implementation of the Baltic Sea Regional Project PP Precautionary Principle REGs Regional Ecosystem Groups REGNS Regional Ecosystem Study Group for the North Sea 2002 ACE Report 228 RMC Resource Management Committee QSR Quality Status Report SACs Special Areas of Conservation SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research SGAWWP Study Group on ACFM, ACE, and ACME, and Working Group Protocols SGCOR Study Group on Mapping the Occurrence of Cold-Water Corals SGEF Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes SGFEN Subgroup on Fishery and Environment SGGROMAT Study Group on Growth, Maturity and Condition in Stock Projections SGPBI Study Group on Modelling of Physical-Biological Interactions SGPRISM Study Group on Incorporation of rocess Information into Stock Recruitment Models SGPRP Study Group on Precautionary Reference Points for Advice on Fishery Management SSB spawning stock biomass STECF Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries TAC Total Allowable Catch TEGs Thematic Ecosystem Groups UK United Kingdom U.S. United States USA United States of America VHVO very high vertical opening VPA Virtual Population Analysis WFD Water Framework Directive WGAGFM Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture WGDEEP Working Group on the Biology and Assessment of Deep-Sea Fisheries Resources WGECO Working Group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities WGFE Working Group on Fish Ecology WGMHM Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping WGMME Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology WGSE Working Group on Seabird Ecology WMO World Meteorological Organization WWF Worldwide Fund for Nature (2003 ACE Report 229)
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