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Acronyms & Abbreviations Commonly Used in the NPFMC Process

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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

 

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