ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AMA aquaculture management area
COFI AO Committee on Fisheries
DEPOMOD computer particle tracking model
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canada

EAA ecosystem approach to aquaculture
EIA environmental impact assessment
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations
GIS geographic information system
IUCN International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources
MOM Modelling–Ongrowing fish farms–
Monitoring
BMP better management practice
EQS environmental quality standards
FARM Farm Aquaculture Resource
Management
FCR feed conversion ratio
HAB harmful algal bloom
HACCP hazard analysis and critical control point
IMTA integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
ISA infectious salmon anemia
SSPO Scottish Salmon Producers
Organisation