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NAFO Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABNJ	Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
AI	Apparent Infringement
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
B_lim	Limit reference point for spawning stock biomass (ICES def.)
B_lim	A biomass level, below which stock productivity is likely to be seriously impaired, that should have a very low probability of being violated
B_buf	B_buf is a stock biomass set by managers above B_limwhen biomass data is not available. There should be a very low probability that the estimated biomass above B_buf would actually be below B_lim. The more uncertain the stock assessment, the greater the buffer zone should be, signifying the need for more restrictive measures.
B_msy	Spawning stock biomass that results from fishing at F_msyfor a long time (ICES def.)

Fishing Mortality Reference Points
F_lim	A fishing mortality rate that should only have a low probability of being exceeded. F_lim cannot be greater than F_msy. If F_msy cannot be estimated, then an appropriate surrogate may be used instead.
F_buf	A fishing mortality rate below F_lim that is required in the absence of analyses of the probability that current or projected fishing mortality exceeds F_lim. In the absence of such analyses, F_buf 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 F_buf will actually be above F_lim. 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.
F_msy	Fishing mortality consistent with achieving Maximum Sustainable Yield (ICES)

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