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ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, SPECIES, ETC.

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

CFRAMP

CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management Programme

CCRF

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

CPUE

Catch Per Unit of Effort

CRFM

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

COTED

Council on Trade and Economic Development

CEPNOR

Centro de Pesquisa e Extensão Pesqueira do Norte do Brasil

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

ENSO

El Niño Southern Oscillation

EU

European Union (formerly EEC)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIPP

Fishery Policy and Planning Service of FAO Department of Fisheries

FISHCODE

FAO/NORWAY Project GCP/INT/648/NOR

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEF

Global Environmental Facility

IBAMA

Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis [Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources}

IFREMER

Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer

MCB

Marine Catchment Basin

MCS

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

MSY

Maximum Sustainable Yield

RAU

Regional Assessment Unit of CFRAMP

RMS

Rendimiento Máximo Sostenible

SARPA

Servicio Autonomo de Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicolas

t

metric tonnes (Toneladas Metricas)

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

TED

Turtle Excluder Device

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

VPA

Virtual Population Analysis

WECAFC

Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission


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