ANNEX 2: Glossary

AAROM – Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Program

AFS – Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy

AHRDCC – Aboriginal Human Resources Development Council of Canada

AIHP – Aboriginal Inland Habitat Program

AIS – Aquatic Invasive Species

AMD – Aquaculture Management Directorate

APC – Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation’s Chiefs Secretariat Inc

APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ATP – Allocation Transfer Program

BMP – Best Management Practices

CCFAM – Canadian Council on Fisheries and Aquaculture Management

CCG – Canadian Coast Guard

CEA – Canadian Electricity Association

CEAA – Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

CESD – Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

COSEWIC – Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

DFO –Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DPR – Departmental Performance Report

EA – Environmental Assessment

EMP – Environmental Management Program

EOAR – Ecosystem Overview Assessment Reports

EPMP – Environmental Process Modernization Plan

ER – Environmental Response

FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization

FCM – Federation of Canadian Municipalities

FCSAP - Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan

FMR – Fisheries Management Renewal

FOMI – Fisheries Operations Management Initiative

FPT – Federal-Provincial/Territorial

GHG - Greenhouse gas

HA – Harbour Authority

HAPAE - Healthy and Productive Aquatic Ecosystems

HCM – Habitat Monitoring and Compliance Modernization

HMP – Habitat Management Program

HSEMS – Health, Safety and Environmental Management System

HSTF – High Seas Task Force

IFOGS – International Fisheries and Governance Strategy

I&T – Introductions and Transfers

IUU - Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

LOA – Letters of advice

LOMA – Large Oceans Management Areas

MPA – Marine Protected Area

MRI – Marshall Response Initiative

NAFO – Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NRIA – National Resource Industry Associations

OAP – Oceans Action Plan

OEC – Office of Environmental Coordination

OPS – Operational Statements

OSC – On Scene Commander

PA – Precautionary Approach

POE – Pathways of Effects

RFMO – Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

RMAF – Results-based Management and Accountability Framework

SARA – Species at Risk Act

SAW – Safe and Accessible Waterways

SCH – Small Craft Harbours

SDS – Sustainable Development Strategy

SEA – Strategic Environmental Assessment

SFA – Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

UNFA – United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

WSSD – World Summit on Sustainable Development