Fisheries Acronyms, Definitions, Websites

[CaptTB]

Been asked on more than one occasion to post a list of acronyms and definitions, the most recent was just in the past week or so.

So....... I started putting together a list of the most pertinent acronyms, links and definitions that we deal with in the North East.

Then I started linking to the associated sites for some legislation.

Then I..... well, you get the picture. So here it is, my "hot list" with links where appropriate and a link at the end to the ULTIMATE fisheries acronym guide and definition list, courtesy of the Pacific Fishery Management Council!

Fisheries Technical Terms (http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/techniques/tech_terms.html)
(for example - (F) – Fishing Mortality - MSY – Maximum Sustainable Yield)


ABC - Allowable biological catch

AM – Accountability Measures

ACL - Annual Catch Limits

ACCSP - Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (http://www.accsp.org)

APA- Administrative Procedures Act (http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/bills/blapa.htm)

AP - Advisory Panel

ASMFC - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
(http://www.asmfc.org/)

CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

CPUE - Catch Per Unit Effort

EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone

EFH - Essential Fish Habitat

EFH-HAPC - Essential Fish Habitat - Habitat Area of Particular Concern

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

ENGO - Environmental Non-Governmental Organization

ESA - Endangered Species Act of 1973 (http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/ESA/content.html)

FEIS - Final Environmental Impact Statement

FMP - Fishery management plan

HMS - Highly Migratory Species

IATTC - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (http://www.iattc.org/)

ICCAT - International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (http://www.iccat.int/en/)

IFQ – Individual Fishing Quota

ISFMP - Interstate Fishery Management Plan

ITQ - Individual Transferable Quotas

MAFMC – Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (http://www.mafmc.org/)

MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/laws/mmpa.pdf)
MPA - Marine Protected Area

MRFSS - Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/recreational/index.html)

MRIP - Marine Recreational Information Program (http://www.countmyfish.noaa.gov/mrip/) - (MRFSS Replacement)

MSA - Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act
(http://www.nero.noaa.gov/sfd/MSA_amended_20070112_FINAL.pdf)
NEFMC – New England Fishery Management Council (http://www.nefmc.org/)

NEFSC - Northeast Fisheries Science Center (http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/)
(link to main FSC Page for US- http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/sciencecenters/index.html)

NEMAP - Northeast Area Monitoring Assessment Program (http://www.neamap.net/)

NERO – Northeast Regional Office (http://www.nero.noaa.gov/) (of NMFS)

NGO - Non-Governmental Organization

NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/)

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (http://www.noaa.gov/) (Parent of NMFS)

PSE - Proportional Standard Error

RFA - Regulatory Flexibility Act

RIR - Regulatory Impact Review

SARC - Stock assessment review committee

SAW - Stock Assessment Workshop

SMZ - Special Management Zone

SSC - Scientific and Statistical Committee

TED - Turtle Excluder Device

VMS - Vessel Monitoring System


Pacific Fishery Management Council: Acronyms and Definitions (http://www.pcouncil.org/Acronyms.pdf) This is the ULTIMATE guide to acronyms and definitions!

[Leif]

Thank you Capt. This is great. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Understanding these terms and acronyms is the first step in understanding how fisheries management works or doesn't work.

Leif

[hartattack]

Great handy stuff Cap, thanks.

It appears though that you and Pacific Fishery missed the acronym of our chief opponent:
PEW: Preventing Education (about) Wildlife :p

J/K - for those in the dark about Pew here's the Wiki definition: The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

[Foul Hook]

Capt you also missed one more acronym "AH" which stands for A ssholes which is also my opinion of the good old folks that made up all of those acronyms you spoke of! All kidding aside Capt thanks for all of your hard work!!

[Pete]

Capt.TB,

Thank you for this post. This now makes for a better read of many posts. You are the man! Educating the uneducated. Now if you could only get through to the ignorant.

Wow, this is a lot to digest. Great stuff.

Pete

[CaptTB]

Capt.TB,

Thank you for this post. This now makes for a better read of many posts. You are the man! Educating the uneducated. Now if you could only get through to the ignorant.

Wow, this is a lot to digest. Great stuff.

Pete

When my kids were younger, they would come into my office at home and ask what I was doing while I was posting fisheries info. My son (he was about 7 or 8) looked at one of my posts with all the acronyms in it and said "Daddy, those aren't real words. Some of them don't even have any vowels in them!"

My response was, "Michael, that's alright, the information those agencies put out isn't real either!":D