HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES MANAGEMENT ACRONYMS:
AAFA American Albacore Fishing Association
AFRF American Fishermen’s Research Foundation
ALBWG Albacore Working Group (ISC)
ATA American Tunaboat Association
BCTFA British Columbia Tuna Fishermens Association
BRP Biological Reference Point
CMM Conservation and Management Measure
CDF&W California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CITIES Convention in International Trade of Endangered Species
CPUE Catch Per Unit of Effort
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)
DWFN Distant Water Fishing Nation
EA Environmental Assessment
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFH Essential Fish Habitat
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ESA Endangered Species Act
ETP Eastern Tropical Pacific
EU European Union
FAD Fish Aggregating Device
FAO U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization
FFA Forum Fisheries Agency
FFC Forum Fisheries Committee
FMP Fisheries Management Plan
FSM Federated States of Micronesia
GAC General Advisory Committee (IATTC)
HCR Harvest Control Rule
HLA Hawaiian Longline Association
HMS Highly Migratory Species
HMSAS Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel
HMSMT Highly Migratory Species Management Team
HSFCA High Seas Fisheries Compliance Act
IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT International Conv.for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
IFQ Individual Fishing Quota
IMO International Maritime Organization
ISC International Scientific Committee
ISSF International Seafood Sustainabilty Foundation
IUU Illegal, Unregistered, Undocumented (vessels)
IVQ Individual Vessel Quota
LE Limited Entry
LOS Law of the Sea Convention
MPA Marine Protected Area
MSA Magnuson Stevens Act
MSC Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
MSC Marine Stewardship Council
MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPAFC North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission
NPFMC North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council
NWHI Northwest Hawaii Initiative
OAC Oregon Albacore Commission
ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
OY Optimum Yield
PFMC Pacific Fisheries Management Council
PIN Pacific Island Nation
PIRO Pacific Islands Regional Office (NOAA/NMFS)
PNG Papua New Guinea
PSMFC Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
RFMO Regional Fisheries Management Organization
SAC Sport Fishing Association of California
SAFE Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
SBA Small Business Administration
SBREFA Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
SFA US Magnuson-Stevens Sustainable Fisheries Act
SMNV Standard Marine Communication Phrases
SPC South Pacific Commission
SSC Scientific and Statistical Committee
STAR Stock Assessment Review
SWFSC Southwest Fisheries Science Center
TAC Total Allowable Catch
TCC Technical and Compliance Committee
TRP Target Reference Point
UNIA UN Implementing Agreement (Straddling Stocks)
USCG United States Coast Guard
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USG United States Government
USTF United States Tuna Foundation
UTC United Tuna Cooperative
VMS Vessel Monitoring System
WCP Western Central Pacific
WCPFC Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
WDFW Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
WFOA Western Fishboat Owners Association
WPFMC Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council
WTA Washington Trollers Association
WWF World Wildlife Fund