Acronyms and Lexicon

Frequently Used Overfishing Acronyms

CCAMLR: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources

CCG: Canadian Coast Guard

CCSBT: Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CFPR: Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations

CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COFI: FAO Committee on Fisheries

DFO : Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DND: Department of National Defence

EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone

ENGO: Environmental Non-Governmental Organization

EU: European Union

FAC: Foreign Affairs Canada

FAO: UN Food and Agriculture Organization

GFCM: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

HSTF: High Seas Task Force

IATTC: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

ICCAT: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

IOTC: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

IPOA-IUU: International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Activities

IUU: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity

NAFMC: North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference

NAFO: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NASCO: North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

NCEM: NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures

NEAFC: North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

NGO: Non-Governmental Organization

NPAFC: North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

NPAO: National Plan of Action on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

NRA: NAFO Regulatory Area

PA: Precautionary Approach

PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization

PSC: Pacific Salmon Commission

RFMO: Regional Fisheries Management Organization

STACTIC: NAFO's Standing Committee on International Control

SEAFO: South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization

TAC: Total Allowable Catch

UN: United Nations

UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNFA: United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

VMS: Vessel Monitoring System

WCPFC: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission