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Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems: Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options
Appendix B
List of Acronyms
APB
Attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs
CCSBT
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ESA
Endangered Species Act
EwE
Ecopath-with-Ecosim
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FIB
fishing-in-balance
FMSY
Fishing Mortality Rate
GIS
Geographical Information System
IATTC
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
IFQ
Individual fishing quota
IQ
Individual quota
ITQ
Individual transferable quota
IUCN
The World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
IWC
International Whaling Commission
LTER
Long Term Ecological Research
OCR for page 140
Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems: Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options
MMPA
Marine Mammal Protection Act
MPA
Marine Protected Area
MSFCMA
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
MSY
Maximum Sustainable Yield
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NCEAS
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
PDO
Pacific Decadal Oscillation