Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program (2017)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronym List
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"Appendix G: Acronym List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24640.
Appendix G
Acronym List
| AAPOR | American Association of Public Opinion Research |
| ABC | Acceptable Biological Catch |
| ABS | Address-based sampling |
| ACCSP | Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program |
| ACL | Annual Catch Limit |
| ACS | American Community Survey |
| ACT | Annual Catch Target |
| ADF&G | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
| ALDS | Angler License Directory Survey |
| APAIS | Access Point Angler Intercept Survey |
| ASMFC | Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission |
| CDS | Computerized Delivery Sequence |
| CET | Communications and Education Team |
| CH | Charter fishing boat mode |
| CHTS | Coastal Household Telephone Survey |
| CPUE | Catch per Unit Effort |
| DMR | Discard Mortality Rate |
| ER | Electronic Reporting |
| ESC | Executive Steering Committee |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FCMA | (Magnuson-Stevens) Fishery Conservation and Management Act |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronym List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24640.
| FES | Fishing Effort Survey |
| FHS | For-Hire Survey |
| FIN | Fishery Information Network |
| FWS | (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GSMFC | Gulf States Marine Fishery Commission |
| HB | Head boat (party boat) mode |
| HMS | Highly Migratory Species |
| IPHC | International Pacific Halibut Commission |
| LPBS | Large Pelagics Biological Survey |
| LPS | Large Pelagics Survey |
| MRFSS | Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey |
| MRIP | Marine Recreational Information Program |
| MSFCMA | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (sometimes FCMA) |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPFMC | North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSAR | National Saltwater Angler Registry |
| ODFW | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| OFL | overfishing limit |
| ORBS | Oregon Recreational Boat Survey (of ODFW) |
| OSP | Ocean Sampling Program (of ODFW) |
| PPS | probability proportional to size |
| PR | Private/rental boat mode |
| PSE | Proportional Standard Error (reported in percent) |
| PSMFC | Pacific States Marine Fishery Commission |
| PSSP | Puget Sound Sampling Program (of WDFW) |
| PSU | primary sampling unit |
| QA | quality assurance |
| QC | quality control |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronym List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24640.
| RARA | Report of Assessment and Research Activity |
| RDD | random digit dialing |
| RecFIN | Recreational Fishery Information Network |
| SAFE | Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation |
| SH | Shore mode |
| SOW | statement of work |
| SR | Site Registry |
| SSC | Scientific and Statistical Committee (of regional fishery management councils) |
| SSU | secondary sampling unit |
| TPDW | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| TSU | tertiary sampling unit |
| USFWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (sometimes FWS) |
| WPacFIN | Western Pacific Fishery Information Network |
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