Abbreviations and acronyms
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ADB Asia Development Bank
AIT Asian Institute of Technology
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APGN Asia-Pacific Grouper Network
APO Associate Professional Officer
BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines) BFRSS Bangladesh Fisheries Resources Survey Systems BFT Bluefin tuna
BNP Bacillary Necrosis of Pangasius
BOBP Bay of Bengal Programme
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board
CBA Capture-based aquaculture
CCRF Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
CIRAD Centre de cooperation en recherche agronomique pour le developpement (Cameroon)
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CNRS Center for Natural Resource Studies (Bangladesh) COD Chemical oxygen demand
COFI Committee on Fisheries
COPIFOPEM Collectif des pisciculteurs intensifs de Fokoue et Penka Michel (Cameroon)
CPUE Catch per unit effort
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
DO Dissolved oxygen
DOCA Deoxycorticosterone acetate
DOF Department of Fisheries
EC European Commission
EELREP Estimation of the reproduction capacity of European eel EIA Environmental impact assessment
EIFAC European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission ELISA Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
ELP Early Life-history phase
EU European Union
FAL Fisheries Act Law
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FCA Fishermen’s cooperative association (Japan)
FCDI Flood control drainage and irrigation
FCR Food Conversion Ratio
FFRC Freshwater Fisheries Research Center (Bangladesh) FOB Free on Board
FRSS Fisheries Resource Survey System (Bangladesh)
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FSMFs Fish seed multiplication farms (Bangladesh)
FSPS Fisheries Sector Programme Support
GEF Global environment facility
GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean GIS Geographical Information System
GSI Gonad Somatic Index
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
HBA Hatchery-based aquaculture
HCG Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HUFA Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
ICCAT International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ICES International Council for the Exploration of High Seas ICLARM International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFREMER Institut francais de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer INDICANG INDICateurs d’abondance et de colonisation sur l’ANGuille europeenne Anguilla anguilla
IRAD Institut de recherche agricole pour le developpement (Cameroon) ITCZM Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management IUCN World Conservation Union
IUU Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
JFA Japanese Fisheries Agency
LHRH-A Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone Analogue LRFF Live Reef Food Fish
LRFT Live Reef Fish Trade
MAC Marine Aquarium Council
MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Viet Nam) MEDRAP Mediterranean Regional Aquaculture Project
MINEPIA Ministere de l’elevage, des peches et des industries animales (Cameroon)
MINRESI Ministere de la recherche scientifique et de l’innovation (Cameroon)
MPAs Marine Protected Areas
MRC Mekong River Commission
NACA Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific NGOs Non-governmental Organizations
ODA Overseas Development Agency (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
PBT Pacific bluefin tuna
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCSD Palawan Council for Sustainable Development PECOSUDE Peches cotieres et estuariennes du sud de l’Europe PEPISA Pecheurs et pisciculteurs de Santchou (Cameroon) R&D Research and Development
RAP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO) RIA2 Research Institute for Aquaculture No.2 (Viet Nam) ROI Return on investment
SAPB Shrimp Action Plan for Bangladesh
SAR Special Administrative Region
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SBT Southern bluefin tuna
SCRS Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (ICCAT) SEAFDEC South East Asian Fisheries Development Center
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SL Standard Length
SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPREP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme SSB Spawning Stock Biomass
STECF Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries SUDA Sustainable Development of Aquaculture TAC Total allowable catch
TAFA Tasmanian Fisheries and Aquaculture
TBT Tributyltin
TL Tail Length
TNC The Nature Conservancy
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme USAID United States Agency for International Development VHS Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
WFC WorldFish Center (ex-ICLARM)