Improving the Collection, Management, and Use of Marine Fisheries Data (2000)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms
APPENDIX B
Acronyms
ACCSP
Atlantic Cooperative Coastal Statistics Program
ACFCMA
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
AFMIS
Advanced Fisheries Management Information System
AGDB
Alaska Groundfish Data Bank
AKFIN
Alaska Fisheries Information Network
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOSN
Autonomous Oceanographic Sampling Network
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CalCOFI
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations
CPUE
catch per unit effort
CTD
conductivity-temperature-depth recorder
CTDEP
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
EFCL
Electronic Fish Catch Logbook
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
F
fishing mortality rate
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FIN
Fishery Information Network
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
FIS
Fisheries Information System
FMP
fishery management plan
FOCI
Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations
FRCC
Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
FRV
fishery research vessel
FVR
fishing vessel registration
GIS
geographic information system
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
GPS
Global Positioning System
IFQ
individual fishing quota
ITA
information technology architecture
ITIS
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
ITS
Integrated Transportation System
LOOPS
Littoral Ocean Observing and Prediction System
MADMF
Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries
MSFCMA
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
MRFSS
Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey SFA
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBII
National Biological Information Infrastructure
NEFSC
Northeast Fishery Science Center
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NJDF
New Jersey Department of Fisheries
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
NRC
National Research Council
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NWFSC
Northwest Fishery Science Center
PacFIN
Pacific Fishery Information Network
PFEL
Pacific Fisheries Environment Laboratory
PSMFC
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
RM-ODP
Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing
SABRE
South Atlantic Bight Recruitment Experiment
SARC
Stock Assessment Review Committee
SEAMAP
Southeast Assessment and Monitoring Program
SFA
Sustainable Fisheries Act
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSC
scientific and statistical committee (of regional fishery management councils)
STAR
STock Assessment Review panel
TAC
total allowable catch
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
USGS
United States Geological Survey
VPA
virtual population analysis
VMS
vessel monitoring system
VRS
vessel registration system
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VTR
vessel trip report
WMT
Web Mapping Testbed
