| ARGUS | Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance |
| AUE | autonomous underwater explorer |
| AUV | autonomous underwater vehicle |
| BRUVS | Baited Remote Underwater Video Station |
| F4K | Fish4Knowledge |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| LLS | Laser Line Scanner |
| MA-ZOOPS | Multiple-Aspect Acoustic Zooplankton |
| MFOV | multiple field of view |
| NCET | Net-Centric Exploitation Tools |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service; informally known as “NOAA Fisheries” |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| OASIS | Optical and Acoustical Submersible Imaging System |
| OAWRS | Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing |
| SVM | support vector machine |