| 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 |
