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> We have made a determined effort to explain all organizations and key technical terms at the beginning of each chapter. Because the subsequent text often includes abbreviations, all of the important ones are listed here for reference.
- AABW
- Antarctic Bottom Water
- AIDCP
- Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Programme
- ARGO
- International Deep-Sea-Drifterprogramme
- ASC
- Aquaculture Stewardship Council
- ASCOBANS
- Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
- AUV
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- B
- Biomass
- BLim
- Limit biomass
- BMSY
- Biomass maximum sustainable yield
- BPA
- Biomass precautionary approach
- BB
- Bornholm Basin
- CBD
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- CCAMLR
- Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- CCBSP
- Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea
- CCS
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- CCSBT
- Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
- CFCA
- Community Fisheries Control Agency
- CFP
- Common Fisheries Policy
- CIS
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- CITES
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- CLCS
- Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- CPUE
- Catch per unit effort
- DHA
- Docosahexaenoic acid
- DIC
- Dissolved inorganic carbon
- dwt
- Deadweight Tonnage
- ECJ
- European Court of Justice
- ECMT
- European Conference of Ministers of Transportation
- EEC
- European Economic Community
- EEZ
- Exclusive Economic Zone
- EPA
- Eicosapentaenoic acid
- EU
- European Union
- F
- Fishing mortality rate
- FLIM
- Fishing mortality rate limit biomass
- FPA
- Precautionary fishing mortality rate
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- FMP
- Fishery management plan
- GATT
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GB
- Gotland Basin
- GD
- Gdansk Basin
- GDP
- Gross Domestic Product
- GFCM
- General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
- GFP
- Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union
- GLODAP
- Global Ocean Data Analysis Project
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GRT
- Gross Register Tonnage
- HABs
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- HNLC
- High nutrient, low chlorophyll
- IATTC
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
- ICC
- International Coastal Cleanup
- ICCAT
- International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas
- ICES
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- ICJ
- International Court of Justice
- IEA
- International Energy Agency
- IMO
- International Maritime Organisation
- IMTA
- Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
- IOTC
- Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
- IPANEMA
- Initiative Partenariale Nationale pour l’émergence des Energies Marines; National Initiative for the Promotion of Marine Energy
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- ISA
- International Seabed Authority
- ISM-Code
- International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
- ITLOS
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas
- ITQs
- Individual transferable quotas
- IUCN
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- IUU-fishing
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing /dd>
- IWC
- International Whaling Commission Glossary
- JIT
- Just-in-time-Produktion
- LC
- London Convention – Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
- LCA
- Life cycle assessment
- LED
- Light emitting diode
- LGM
- Last Glacial Maximum
- LME
- Large marine ecosystem
- LNG
- Liquefied Natural Gas
- LOHAFEX
- Experiment of fertilizing the oceans with iron
- LP
- London Protocol; Updating LC
- MARPOL
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- MEY
- Maximum economic yield
- MPA
- Marine protected area
- MRSA
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- MSC
- Marine Stewardship Council
- MSFCM
- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
- MSFD
- Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- MSY
- Maximum sustainable yield
- NADW
- North Atlantic Deep Water
- NAFO
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
- NAFTA
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAO
- North Atlantic oscillation Glossary
- NASCO
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
- NEAFC
- North East Altlantic Fisheries Commission
- NGO
- Non-governmental organisation
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPA
- Oil Pollution Act
- OSPAR
- Oslo-Paris-Convention; Convention for the Protection oft the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
- OTEC
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
- PA
- Precautionary approach
- PATg
- Patent Act
- PCBs
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- PDV
- Phocine Distemper Virus
- PFCs
- Polyfluorinated compounds
- PFOS
- Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
- POPs
- Persistent organic pollutants
- ppm
- Parts per million
- ppt
- Parts per thousand
- RAC
- Regional advisory council
- RFMO
- Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
- ROV
- Remotely Operated Vehicle
- SEAFO
- South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
- SIOFA
- South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
- SOFIA-Report
- The state of world fisheries and aquaculture
- SOLAS
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
- SPRFMO
- South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
- SRFC
- Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission
- STECF
- Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
- TAC
- Total allowable catch
- TEU
- Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
- TRIPS
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- TURFs
- Territorial use right in fisheries
- UNCED
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
- UNCLOS
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas Glossary
- UNCLOS III
- Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
- UNCTAD
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNEP
- United Nations Environment Programme
- UNFSA
- United Nations Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement
- VDS
- Vessel Detection System
- VME
- Vulnerable marine ecosystem
- VMS
- Vessel Monitoring System
- VOS
- Voluntary Observing Ships Programme
- WEP
- Wind Energy Plant
- WCPFC
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
- WSSD
- World Summit on Sustainable Development
- WTO
- World Trade Organization
- WWF
- World Wide Fund For Nature
