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NAFO Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABNJ Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
AI Apparent Infringement
ASFA Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Marine Living Resources
CESAG Catch Estimation Strategy Advisory Group, formed in 2017 by combining WG-CR (Catch Reporting) and CDAG (Catch Data Advisory
CEM Conservation and Enforcement Measures
COM NAFO Commission
CP Contracting Party
DSF Deep Sea Fisheries
EAF Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
EBM Ecosystem Based Management
EDG NAFO STACTIC Editorial Drafting Group of the NAFO CEM
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO IPOA – IUU International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Adopted by FAO in 2001
FAO PSM Agreement FAO 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
FIRMS/FIGIS Fisheries Resources Monitoring System
FC NAFO Fisheries Commission
FOC Flags Of Convenience
GIS Geographic Information Systems
ICCAT The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICNAF International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
IEAs Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
IUU fishing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
JAGDM Joint Advisory Group on Data Management
JNAFS Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science
LRP Precautionary Approach Limit Reference Point
MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
MSC Marine Stewardship Council
MSE Management Strategy Evaluation
MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield
NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NARFMO North Atlantic Fishery Management Organizations
NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NASCO North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NCEM NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures
NCP Non-Contracting Party
NEAFC North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
NEREIDA NAFO PotEntial VulneRable Marine Ecosystems- Impacts of Deep-Sea Fisheries(research expedition)
NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
NIPAG Joint NAFO/ICES Working Group on Northern Shrimp Assessment
NPAFC North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NRA NAFO Regulatory Area
PA Precautionary Approach
PAF Precautionary Approach Framework
PICES North Pacific Marine Science Organization
PRP NAFO Performance Review Panel
PSCM Port State Control Measures
PSM Port State Measures
RFMO/As Regional Fisheries Management Organizations/Arrangements
SEAFO South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
SC NAFO Scientific Council
SCR Docs Scientific Council Research documents
SCS Docs Scientific Council Summary documents
SSB Spawning-Stock Biomass
STACFAD NAFO General Council Standing Committee on Finance and Administration
STACFEN NAFO Scientific Council Standing Committee on Fisheries Environment
STACFIS NAFO Scientific Council Standing Committee on Fisheries Science
STACPUB NAFO Standing Committee on Publications
STACTIC NAFO Fisheries Commission Standing Committee on International Control
STACREC NAFO Scientific Council Standing Committee on Research Coordination
STATLANT (Fishery catch statistics)
TAC Total Allowable Catch
UN United Nations
UNCLOS 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNFSA 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
VMS Vessel Monitoring System
VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem
WG-BDS NAFO Commission Ad hoc Working Group to Reflect on the Rules Governing Bycatches, Discards and Selectivity in the NAFO Regulatory Area
WG-EAFM NAFO Joint Commission-Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Approach Framework to Fisheries Management
WG-ESA NAFO Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Science Assessment
WG-OPR NAFO STACTIC Observer Program Review Working Group
WG-RBMS NAFO Joint Commission-Scientific Council Working Group on Risk-Based Management Strategies
WPs Working Papers
 
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Science Abbreviations and Acronyms

CPUE

Catch Per Unit Effort

EAF

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Management that takes into account the effects of fisheries on the ecosystem and the effects of the ecosystem on the fish stocks (ICES)

EMB

Ecosystem Based Management

FIRMS

Fisheries Resources Monitoring System

IEAs

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments

LRP

Precautionary Approach Limit Reference Point

MCS

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

MSE

Management Strategy Evaluation

MSY

Maximum Sustainable Yield
The largest average catch or yield that can continuously be taken from a stock under existing environmental conditions (ICES)

NDF

No Directed Fishery

PA

Precautionary Approach

PAF

Precautionary Approach Framework

RBMS

Risk Based Management Strategies

SC

Scientific Council

SCR Doc

Scientific Council Research Document

SCS Doc

Scientific Council Summary Document

SPR

Spawner Per Recruit

SSB

Spawning Stock Biomass
Total weight of all sexually mature fish in the stock

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

VME

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem
An area subject to significant adverse impacts from bottom fishing activity, identified by a threshold presence of indicator species

VMS

Vessel Monitoring System

YPR

Yield Per Recruit

 

Stock Biomass Reference Points

Blim

Limit reference point for spawning stock biomass (ICES def.)

Blim

A biomass level, below which stock productivity is likely to be seriously impaired, that should have a very low probability of being violated

Bbuf

Bbuf is a stock biomass set by managers above Blim when biomass data is not available. There should be a very low probability that the estimated biomass above Bbuf would actually be below Blim. The more uncertain the stock assessment, the greater the buffer zone should be, signifying the need for more restrictive measures.

Bmsy

Spawning stock biomass that results from fishing at Fmsy for a long time (ICES def.)

 

Fishing Mortality Reference Points

Flim

A fishing mortality rate that should only have a low probability of being exceeded. Flim cannot be greater than Fmsy. If Fmsy cannot be estimated, then an appropriate surrogate may be used instead.

Fbuf

A fishing mortality rate below Flim that is required in the absence of analyses of the probability that current or projected fishing mortality exceeds Flim. In the absence of such analyses, Fbuf should be specified by managers and should satisfy the requirement that there is a low probability1 that any fishing mortality rate estimated to be below Fbuf will actually be above Flim. The more uncertain the stock assessment, the greater the buffer zone should be. In all cases, a buffer is required to signify the need for more restrictive measures.

Fmsy

Fishing mortality consistent with achieving Maximum Sustainable Yield (ICES)

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