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Appendix B: List of Acronyms
Pages 141-142

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... CFP Common Fisheries Policy GMFMC Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council CMFC Caribbean Fishery Management Council CPUE catch per unit effort HCR Harvest Control Rule CRA "Crayfish," New Zealand management area HMS highly migratory species d ­ esignation for spiny red rock lobster IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission DFO Fisheries and Oceans Canada ICES International Council for the Exploration of the EBFM Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Sea EC European Commission ICNAF International Commission for the North Atlantic EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone Fisheries EFH Essential Fish Habitat IPHC International Pacific Halibut Commission EIS Environmental Impact Statement EU European Union 141
From page 142...
... NEFMC New England Fishery Management Council TMAX Maximum permissible time to rebuild to BMSY NEPA National Environmental Policy Act (10 years unless the biology of the species does NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service not allow the stock to rebuild in 10 years) NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TTARGET Target time for rebuilding -- must lie between NPFMC North Pacific Fishery Management Council TMIN and TMAX NRC National Research Council TAC Total Allowable Catch NS1G National Standard 1 Guidelines UNFA United Nations Agreement on Straddling and OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks Development USR Upper Stock Reference OFL Overfishing Limit, the biomass of catch corre sponding to a catch under a FMSY harvest strategy WPFMC Western Pacific Fishery Management Council OY Optimum Yield YD Year a stock was declared to be overfished PFMC Pacific Fishery Management Council


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