A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Acronym/Abbreviation Meaning
A
AAC Alaska Administrative Code
ABC Acceptable biological catch
ABM Abundance-Based Management
ACL Annual Catch Limit
ACT Annual Catch Target
ADFG Alaska Department of Fish and Game
ADP Annual Deployment Plan
AEQ Adult equivalent
AFA American Fisheries Act
AFSC Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AI Aleutian Islands
AK BOF Alaska Board of Fisheries
AKFIN Alaska Fisheries Information Network
AKR Alaska Region
AKRO Alaska Regional Office
ANILCA Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
AP Advisory Panel
B
BASIS Bering Sea-Aleutian Salmon International Survey
BBRKC Bristol Bay Red King Crab
BEG Biological escapement goal
BiOp Biological Opinion
BKC Blue King Crab
BOF Board of Fish
BSAI Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
BSFRF Bering Sea Fisheries Research Foundation
BSIERP Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program
C
CAS Catch Accounting System
CDQ Community Development Quota
CEC Community Engagement Committee
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGOA Central Gulf of Alaska
CH Critical Habitat
CIE Center for Independent Experts
COAR Commercial Operators Annual Report
COBLZ C. opilio Bycatch Limitation Zone
Council North Pacific Fishery Management Council
CP Catcher/processor
CQE Community Quota Entity
CV Catcher vessel
CVOA Catcher vessel operational area
CWT Coded-wire tag
D
DPS Distinct population segment
E
E.O. Executive Order
EA Environmental Assessment
EAM Ecosystem approach to management
EBFM Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management
ECO Ecosystem Committee
EDR Economic Data Reporting
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFH Essential Fish Habitat
EFP Exempted Fishing Permit
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EM Electronic monitoring
EMC Electronic Monitoring Committee
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESP Ecological and Socioeconomic Profile
ESU Evolutionary Significant Unit
F
FATE Fisheries and the Environment
FEP Fishery Ecosystem Plan
FLL Freezer longliner
FMA AFSC Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division (aka the Observer Program)
FMAC Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee
FMP Fishery Management Plan
FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact
FR Federal Register
FRFA Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
G
GHL Guideline Harvest Level
GKC Golden King Crab
GOA Gulf of Alaska
H
HAPC Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
I
IBA Individual Bycatch Accounting
IBQ Individual Bycatch Quota
ICA Inter-cooperative Agreements
ICC Intergovernmental Consultive Committee
ID Identification
IFQ Individual Fishing Quota
IPA Incentive Plan (Program) Agreements
IPHC International Pacific Halibut Commission
IPQ Individual Processor Quotas
IQF Individually quick frozen
IRFA Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
IRIU Improved retention/improved utilization
J
JAM Jeopardy or adverse modification
L
LAMP Local Area Management Plan
LEI Long-term effect index
LK Local Knowledge
LLP License limitation program
LOA Length overall
M
m Meter or meters
MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act
MCA Maximum Commerce Amount
Magnuson-Stevens Act Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act
MPA Marine Protected Area
MRA Maximum retainable allowance
MSA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
MSST Minimum stock size threshold
MSY Maximum sustainable yield
mt Metric ton
N
NAO NOAA Administrative Order
NBBTA Northern Bristol Bay Trawl Area
NBSRA Norther Bering Sea Research Area
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
nm Nautical miles
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOI Notice of Intent
NPAFC North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NPFMC North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NPPSD North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database
NSRKC Norton Sound Red King Crab
O
Observer Program North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program
OFL Over Fishing Limit
OEG Optimal escapement goal
OLE Office of Law Enforcement
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OY Optimum Yield
P
PBR Potential biological removal
PEEC Preview of Economic and Ecological Conditions
PIBKC Pribilof Island Blue King Crab
PIGKC Pribilof Island Golden King Crab
PIHCZ Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone
PIRKC Pribilof Islands Red King Crab
POP Pacific ocean perch
PPA Preliminary preferred alternative
PRA Paperwork Reduction Act
PSC Prohibited Species Catch
PSEIS Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
PSMFC Pacific States Marines Fisheries Commission
PT Plan Team
PWS Prince William Sound
R
REFM Resource Ecology Fisheries Management
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
RFFA Reasonably foreseeable future action
RIR Regulatory Impact Review
RKC Red King Crab
ROFR Right of First Refusal
RPA Reasonable and prudent alternative
RQE Recreational Quota Entity
RSW Refrigerated seawater
S
SAFE Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
SAR Stock Assessment Report
SBA Small Business Act
SBRM Standard Bycatch Reporting Methodology
SOC Secretary of Commerce
SEG Sustainable escapement goal
SET Sustainable escapement threshold
SIA Social Impact Assessment
SIR Supplemental Information Report
SMBKC St. Matthews Blue King Crab
SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism
SPLASH Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humpbacks
SRKW Southern resident killer whales
SSC Scientific and Statistical Committee
SSFP Sustainable Salmon Fisheries Policy
SSL Steller sea lion
SW Southwest
T
TAC Total Allowable Catch
TK Traditional Knowledge
TLA Trawl Limited Access
TLAS Trawl Limited Access Sector
U
U.S. United States of America
USCG United States Coast Guard
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service
V
VMS Vessel Monitoring System
W
W West
WGOA Western Gulf of Alaska
Y
YFS Yellowfin sole
