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Acronyms come into, and fall out of, usage frequently. We would
be pleased to hear of further suggestions (or corrections) to this
list in order to improve its usefulness.
- ACE
- Advisory Committee on Ecosystems (an ICES committee)
- ACFA
- Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (EC)
- ACFM
- Advisory Committee for Fisheries Management (an ICES
committee)
- ACME
- Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment (an ICES
committee)
- ACOPS
- Advisory Committee on Protection of the Seas
- AFA
- Annan Fishermen's Association
- AFA
- Arbroath Fishermen's Association
- AFA
- Ardnamurchan Fishermen's Association
- AFCMAL
- Aberdeen Fish Curers & Merchants Association Limited
- AFPOL
- Aberdeen Fish Producers Organisation Limited
- ANACAT
- Anadromous and catadromous fish
- ANIFPOL
- Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation Limited
- ASCOBANS
- Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans in the Baltic,
North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas
- ASFC
- Association of Sea Fisheries Committees
- ASFPO
- Anglo-Scottish Fish Producers Organisation
- ASMO
- Assessment and Monitoring group (of the OSPAR Convention)
- ASP
- Amnesiac Shellfish Poisoning
- ASSG
- Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers
- ASSI
- Area of Special Scientific Interest (Northern Ireland)
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- BAP
- Biodiversity Action Plan
- BEPC
- Baltic Environment Protection Commission
- BIOFAR
- Investigations of the benthic fauna of the Faroe Islands
- BIOICE
- Investigations of the benthic fauna of Iceland
- BIM
- Bord Iascaigh Mhara / Irish Sea Fisheries Board
- Birds Directive
- European Directive on the conservation of wild birds
- BMLSS
- British Marine Life Study Society
- BODC
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- BoEE
- Birds of Estuaries Enquiry (a British Trust for Ornithology
monitoring project, now incorporated into the Wetland Bird
Survey)
- BSFO
- British Sea Fisheries Officer
- Bonn Convention
- Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild
animals
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- CA
- The Countryside Agency (formerly Countryside Commission and
parts of the Rural Development Commission)
- CBD
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- CCAMLR
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources
- CCSBT
- Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
- CCW
- Countryside Council for Wales
- CEFAS
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- CFA
- Clyde Fishermen's Association
- CFO
- Chief Fisheries Officer (of Sea Fisheries Committees)
- CFP
- Common Fisheries Policy (of the European Union)
- CITES
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- CMS
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild
animals (also known as Bonn Convention)
- CPUE
- Catch per Unit Effort
- CROW
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act (England and Wales)
- CZM
- Coastal Zone Management
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- DAF
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, States of
Guernsey
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, States of Jersey
- DAFF
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, Isle of
Man
- DARD
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern
Ireland) – formerly DANI
- DEFRA
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – formerly
DETR and MAFF
- DETR
- Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions – now
DEFRA and DTLR
- DG Environment
- European Commission Directorate General for Environment,
Consumer Protection & Nuclear Safety
- DG Fisheries
- European Commission Directorate General for Fisheries
- DoE (NI)
- Department of Environment (Northern Ireland)
- DSP
- Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning
- DTLR
- Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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- EA
- Environment Agency
- EC
- European Commission (formally, Commission of the European
Communities CEC)
- EDFA
- Eyemouth & District Fishermen's Association
- EEZ
- Exclusive Economic Zone
- EHS
- Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
- EN
- English Nature (now Natural England)
- ESAS
- European Seabirds at Sea project
- ESUSG
- European Sustainable Use Specialist Group (of the IUCN)
- EUCC
- European Union for Coastal Conservation
- EuroPeche
- Umbrella body for EU national fishermen's organisation
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- FA(S)L
- Fishsalesman's Association (Scotland) Limited
- FAL
- Fishermen's Association Limited
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organisation (United Nations)
- FFFA
- Firth of Forth Fishermen's Association
- FFPOL
- Fife Fish Producers Organisation Limited
- FHIF
- Federation of Highland & Island Fishermen
- FIFG
- Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (EU Structural
Fund)
- FMA(P)L
- Fishermens Mutual Association (Pittenweem) Limited
- FO
- Fishermens' Organisations
- FRS
- Fisheries Research Services – Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
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- GFCM
- General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean
- Habitats Directive
- European Directive on the conservation of habitats and
species
- HAPs
- Habitat Actions Plan (part of UKBAP)
- HIFA
- Highlands & Islands Fishermen's Association
- IBSFC
- International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
- ICCAT
- International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tunas
- ICES
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- ICZM
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management
- IEEP
- Institute for European Environmental Policy
- IFOMA
- International Fish Oil & Meal Association
- IMER
- Institute for Marine Environmental Research (now part of
Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
- IMM
- Intermediate Ministerial Meeting (on the North Sea)
- IOTC
- Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
- ISF
- Irish Sea Forum
- ISSCG
- Irish Sea Science Co-ordination Group
- ISSG
- Irish Sea Study Group
- ITQ
- Individual Transferable Quotas
- IWC
- International Whaling Commission
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- JAMP
- Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (OSPAR)
- JMBA
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom
- JNCC
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- LIFE
- L'Instrument Financier pour I'Environment (Financial Instrument
for the Environment)
- LLFA
- Loch Linnhe Fishermen's Association
- LME
- Large Marine Ecosystem
- LOICZ
- Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
- LOIS
- Land-Ocean Interaction Study
- LUMBL
- Liverpool University Marine Biological Laboratory, Port
Erin
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- MAFF
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now part of
DEFRA)
- MAGP
- Multi Annual Guidance Programme
- MarLin
- Marine Life Information Network
- MBA
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom,
Plymouth
- MCA
- Marine Consultation Areas (Scotland)
- MCS
- Marine Conservation Society
- MEHRA
- Marine Environment High Risk Areas
- MFA
- Mull Fishermen's Association
- MLA
- Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen (of SEERAD)
- MLS
- Minimum Landing Size
- MMS
- Minimum Mesh Size
- MNCR
- Marine Nature Conservation Review (a JNCC project)
- MNR
- Marine Nature Reserve
- MNWFA
- Mallaig & North Western Fishermen's Association
- MPA
- Marine Protected Area
- MPCU
- Marine Pollution Control Unit (now counter-pollution branch of
the Maritime & Coastguard Agency)
- MSAC
- Marine Special Area of Conservation
- MSC
- Marine Stewardship Council
- MSY
- Maximum Sustainable Yield
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- NAFO
- North Atlantic Fishery Organisation
- NASCO
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation
- Natura 2000
- The European network of protected sites (SPAs and SACs) that
will be established under the Birds and Habitats Directives
- NEAFC
- North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
- NESFO
- North East Scotland Fishermen's Organisation
- NFFO
- National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
- NGO
- Non-Governmental Organisation
- NIFF
- Northern Ireland Fishermen's Federation
- NIFPOL
- Northern Ireland Fish Producers Organisation Limited
- NISFA
- Northern Ireland Scallop Fishermen's Association
- NISFF
- North Irish Sea Fishermen's Federation
- NMMP
- National Marine Monitoring Plan (UK)
- VMNR
- Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve
- NNR
- National Nature Reserve
- NSTF
- North Sea Task Force
- NTZ
- No Take Zone
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- OCCAM
- Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Programme
- OFA
- Orkney Fisheries Association
- OMBU
- Orkney Marine Biology Unit
- ORNIS
- Scientific Advisory Committee of EC Birds Directive
Committee
- OSPAR
- Oslo and Paris Convention on the protection of the NE
Atlantic
- OSPARCOM
- Oslo and Paris Commissions
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- PEFA
- Pan European Fish Auctions
- PESCA
- Community Initiative for zones especially dependent on
fisheries
- PML
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (of NERC)
- PO
- Producers Organisations
- PSP
- Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- PSSA
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
- PSTA
- Peterhead Fish Traders Association
- PSU
- Practical Salinity Unit
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- QSR
- Quality Status Report (OSPAR)
- RMIFA
- Ross of Mull & Iona Fishermen's Association
- ROV
- Remotely-Operated Vehicle
- SAC
- Special Area of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
- SAGB
- Shellfish Association of Great Britain
- SAMS
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- SBL
- Safe Biological Limits
- SAST
- Seabirds at Sea Team (a JNCC project team)
- SBDP
- Severn Barrage Development Project
- SCANS
- Small Cetacean Abundance in the North Sea (a 1994 EU-funded
survey project)
- SCR
- Seabird Colony Register (a JNCC project)
- SEERAD
- Scottish Executive Environment & Rural Affairs
Department
- SEPA
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- SFA
- Shetland Fishermen's Association
- SFAGB
- Shell Fish Association of Great Britain
- SFC
- Sea Fisheries Committee (usually as suffix, e.g. SWSFC – South
Wales Sea Fisheries Committee)
- SFF
- Scottish Fishermen's Federation
- SFIA
- Sea Fish Industry Authority
- SFO
- Scottish Fishermen's Organisation
- SFPA
- Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
- SFPA
- Shetland Fish Producers Association
- SLFA
- Skye & Lochalsh Fishermen's Association
- SMA
- Sensitive Marine Areas
- SMBA
- Scottish Marine Biological Association (now Scottish
Association for Marine Science)
- SMP
- Seabird Monitoring Programme (a JNCC project)
- SMRU
- Sea Mammal Research Unit
- SNH
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- SOAEFD
- Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment & Fisheries
Department (now SEERAD)
- SPA
- Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
- SPFA
- Scottish Pelagic Fishermen's Association
- SSB
- Spawning Stock Biomass
- SSFA
- Scottish Scallop Fishermen's Association
- SSMO
- Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation
- SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- STQ
- Single Transferable Quota (sea fisheries)
- SUSG
- Sustainable User Specialist Group (of IUCN)
- SWFPA
- Scottish White Fish Producers Association
- TOP -
- TAC
- Total Allowable Catch
- TCM
- Technical Conservation Measures
- UAFA
- Ullapool-Assynt Fishermen's Association
- UBOA
- Ullapool Boat Owners Association
- UKBAP
- United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan
- UKBG
- UK Biodiversity Group
- UKCS
- UK Continental Shelf
- UMBSM
- University Marine Biological Station, Millport
- UNCED
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the
1992 'Rio' Conference)
- UNCLOS
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UNIA
- United Nations Implementing Agreement on high seas straddling
& highly migratory fish
- USFA
- Ulster Sea Fishermen's Association
- W&C Act 1988
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
- WeBS
- Wetland Bird Survey
- WIFA
- Western Isles Fishermen's Association
- WOCE
- World Ocean Circulation Experiment
- WSFPOL
- West of Scotland Fish Producers Organisation Limited
- WWF
- World-Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund)