ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
BFAR |
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources |
BHWs |
Barangay Health Workers |
BSPOs, |
Barangay Service Point Officers |
CB-CRM |
Community-Based Coastal Resource Management |
CBOs |
Community-Based Organizations |
CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CEP |
Coastal Environment Programme |
CERDAF |
Committee on Extension, Research and Development for Agriculture and Fisheries |
CFOS |
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences |
CLET |
Composite Law Enforcement Teams |
CO |
Community Organizing |
CPH |
Census of Population and Housing |
CPR |
Community Property Rights |
CRM |
Coastal Resource Management |
CRMP |
Coastal Resource Management Programme |
CVRP |
Central Visayas Regional Project |
DA |
Department of Agriculture |
DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
DILG |
Department of the Interior and Local Government |
DOF |
Department of Fisheries |
DOH |
Department of Health |
DOST |
Department of Science and Technology |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
FARMCs |
Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Councils |
FAs |
Fishers Associations |
FCs |
Fisheries Cooperatives |
FIES |
Family Income and Expenditure Survey |
FLEMS |
Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey |
FRMP |
Fisheries Resource Management Project |
FSP |
Fisheries Sector Programme |
GFR |
Groundfish Fleet Restructuring Information and Analysis Project |
GMA |
Growth Management Act |
ICLARM |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
IEC |
Information, Education and Communication |
LFS |
Labour Force Survey |
LGC |
Local Government Code |
LGUs |
Local Government Units |
MCEPs |
Municipal Coastal Environmental Profiles |
MFO |
Municipal Fisheries Ordinance |
MHLC |
Multilateral High Level Conference |
MMA |
Master of Marine Affairs |
MMAP |
Master of Marine Affairs Programme |
MMFO |
Model Municipal Fisheries Ordinance |
MPAs |
Marine Protected Areas |
MPDOs |
Municipal Planning and Development Officers |
MSOS |
Master of Science in Ocean Science |
MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
NDS |
National Demographic Survey |
NEDA |
National Economic Development Authority |
NFARMC |
National Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council |
NGOs |
Non-Government Organizations |
NSCB |
National Statistical Coordination Board |
NSO |
National Statistics Office |
PAO |
Provincial Agriculture Office |
PCAMRD |
Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development |
PCG |
Philippine Coast Guard |
PCSD |
Philippine Council for Sustainable Development |
PFMC |
Pacific Fishery Management Council |
PhilFIS |
Philippine Fisheries Information System |
PMC |
Programme Management Centre |
POPCEN |
Population Census |
POPCOM |
Commission on Population |
POPDEV |
Population-Development |
Pos |
Peoples Organizations |
RDE |
Research, Development and Extension |
REAs |
Resource and Ecological Assessments |
RIFTs |
Regional Institutes of Fisheries Technology |
RSA |
Resource and Social Assessment |
SEAFDEC |
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center |
SUCs |
State Universities and Colleges |
TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
TWG |
Technical Working Group |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UPV |
University of the Philippines in the Visayas |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
VisSea |
Visayan Sea Coastal and Fisheries Resources Management Project |