Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems: Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options (2006)

Chapter: Appendix B List of Acronyms

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Appendix B
List of Acronyms


APB

Attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs


CCSBT

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species


EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESA

Endangered Species Act

EwE

Ecopath-with-Ecosim


FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)

FIB

fishing-in-balance

FMSY

Fishing Mortality Rate


GIS

Geographical Information System


IATTC

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

IFQ

Individual fishing quota

IQ

Individual quota

ITQ

Individual transferable quota

IUCN

The World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

IWC

International Whaling Commission


LTER

Long Term Ecological Research

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MMPA

Marine Mammal Protection Act

MPA

Marine Protected Area

MSFCMA

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

MSY

Maximum Sustainable Yield


NAO

North Atlantic Oscillation

NCEAS

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

NMFS

National Marine Fisheries Service

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council


PDO

Pacific Decadal Oscillation

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