Acronym/Abbreviation | Title |
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AC | Advisory Councils |
ACCOBAMS | Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area |
ACOM | ICES Advisory Committee |
ASCOBANS | Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas |
BANOS SRIA | Joint Baltic Sea and North Sea Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda |
Barcelona Conv. | UNEP/MAP Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean |
Bern Convention | Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats in Europe |
BlueMed SRIA | BlueMed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda |
Bucharest Conv. | Convention for the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution |
BLAC | Black Sea Advisory Council |
BSAC | Baltic Sea Advisory Council |
BSAP | HELCOM’s Baltic Sea Action Plan |
BBNJ | Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMS | Convention on Migratory Species (also known as Bonn Convention) |
COFI | FAO Committee of Fisheries |
CFP | Common Fisheries Policy |
DCF | Data Collection Framework |
DG | Directorate-General of the European Commission |
DG ENV | Directorate-General for Environment |
DG MARE | Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries |
DST | Decision Support Table |
DTO | European Digital Twin of the Ocean |
EBFM | Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management |
EC | European Commission |
EEA | European Environmental Agency |
EU | European Union |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
Fish Group | HELCOM’s Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries |
GES | Good Environmental Status (under the MSFD) |
GFCM | General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
ICCAT | International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
IMP | Integrated Maritime Policy |
IOC-UNESCO | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPBES | Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
IPOA | International Plans of Action |
IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
JRC | Joint Research Centre |
MAPs | Multiannual Management Plans under the CFP |
MAP | Mediterranean Action Plan under UNEP |
MEDAC | Mediterranean Sea Advisory Council |
Mission Ocean | EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters |
MoU | CMS Memoranda of Understanding |
MoU Sharks | Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks |
MPA | Marine Protected Area |
MSFD | Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
MSPD | Marine Spatial Planning Directive |
MSRG | Member States Regional Group |
MSY | Maximum Sustainable Yield |
NBSAPs | National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (under the CBD) |
NEAS | OSPAR’s North-East Atlantic Environmental Strategy |
NSAC | North Sea Advisory Council |
Ocean Decade | UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) |
OSPAR | Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the North-East Atlantic |
HELCOM | Helsinki Commission, implementing the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention) |
PELAC | Pelagic Stocks Advisory Council |
SAC | Scientific Advisory Committee of Fisheries (GFCM) |
SCICOM | ICES Scientific Committee |
SCRS | Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (ICCAT) |
SPAMIs | Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (under the Barcelona Convention) |
SRA | Strategic Research Agenda |
STECF | Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries |
RCP | IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways |
RSC | Regional Sea Convention |
Restoration Decade | UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) |
RFMO | Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
RSCAPs | UNEP Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans |
SACs | Special Areas of Conservation (under the Habitats Directive) |
SCIs | Sites of Community Importance (under the Habitats Directive) |
SDG | UN Sustainable Development Goal
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SoMFi | GFCM State of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries Report |
SPAs | Special Protection Areas (under the Birds Directive) |
SRIAs | Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas |
UN | United Nations |
UNCLOS | UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNESCO | UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNEP | UN Environment Program |
UNFSA | UN Fish Stocks Agreement |
WFD | Water Framework Directive |