Acronyms

APCAS - Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics

APFIC - Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

ASFIS - Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System

CCAMLR - Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCSBT - Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CECAF - Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic

CWP - Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics

EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone

EPO - Eastern Pacific Ocean

EU - European Union

Eurostat - Statistical Office of the European Communities

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFA - South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency

GRT - Gross Registered Tonnage

GT - Gross Tonnage

HS - Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

HSVAR - High Seas Vessel Authorization Record

IATTC - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

ICCAT - International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ILO - International Labour Organization

INPFC - International North Pacific Fisheries Commission

IPHC - International Pacific Halibut Commission

IOTC - Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

ICSEAF - International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries (ceased: 1990)

ISIC - International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

ISSCAAP - International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants

ISSCFC - International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishery Commodities

ISSCFG - International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gears

ISSCFV - International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels

IWC - International Whaling Commission

NAFO - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (previously ICNAF - International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries)

NACA - Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific

NASCO - North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

SEAFDEC - Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

SEAFO - South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization

SITC - Standard International Trade Classification of the UN

SPC - Pacific Community

STATLANT - STATistical Programme for the ATLANTic Fisheries (previously STANA)

UN - United Nations

UNCLOS-United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNSC - United Nations Statistical Commission

WCA - World Programme for the Census of Agriculture

WCPFC - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (established 2004)