| Acronym/Abbreviation |
Title |
| 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
|
| 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 |
