|
ABC |
Acceptable
Biological Catch |
|
AP |
Advisory Panel |
|
B |
Biomass |
|
BRD |
Bycatch
Reduction Device |
|
BRP |
Biological Reference
Point |
|
CCA
|
Coastal Conservation
Association |
|
CPUE
|
Catch Per Unit
Effort |
|
DOC
|
Department of Commerce |
|
EEZ
|
Exclusive
Economic Zone |
|
EFH |
Essential Fish
Habitat |
|
EIS
|
Environmental Impact
Statement |
|
F |
Fishing Mortality Rate |
|
FMP |
Fishery
Management Plan |
|
FRA |
Fishing Rights
Alliance |
|
GSMFC |
Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission |
|
HAPC |
Habitat Area of
Particular Concern |
|
|
HMS |
Highly
Migratory Species |
|
HPUE
|
Harvest Per Unit
Effort |
|
IFQ
|
Individual
Fishing Quota |
|
ITQ
|
Individual Transferable
quota |
|
LEAP
|
Law Enforcement Advisory
Panel |
|
MEY |
Maximum Economic Yield |
|
MFMT |
Maximum Fishing
Mortality Threshold |
|
MPA
|
Marine Protected Area |
|
MRFSS
|
Marine
Recreational Fishing Statistics Survey |
|
MSA |
Magnuson-Stevens Act |
|
MSST |
Minimum Stock Size
Threshold |
|
MSY |
Maximum Sustainable
Yield |
|
NMFS
|
National Marine
Fisheries Service |
|
NOA |
Notice of Availability |
|
OY |
Optimum Yield |
|
RFA |
Recreational Fishing
Alliance |
|
RIR |
Regulatory Impact
Review |
|
SAP
|
Stock Assessment Panel |
|
SEDAR
|
Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review |
|
SEP
|
Socioeconomic Panel |
|
SERO
|
Southeast Regional
Office (NMFS) |
|
SFA
|
Sustainable
Fisheries Act |
|
SMZ
|
Special Management Zone |
|
SOFA
|
Southern Offshore
Fishermen's Association |
|
SPR |
Spawning Potential
Ratio |
|
SSB |
Spawning Stock Biomass |
|
SSC
|
Scientific and
Statistical Committee |
|
TAC |
Total Allowable
Catch |
|
TED
|
Turtle Excluder
Device |
|
VMS |
Vessel
Monitoring System |
|
VPA
|
Virtual Population Analysis |