Review of the Effectiveness of Recovery Activities for North Atlantic right whales

Appendix A: Acronyms

Table of Contents

• Complete Text
• 1. Background
• 2. Objective of this Review
• 3. Sources of Information
• 4. Methods for Assessing Effectiveness of Recovery activities
• 5. Review of Recovery activities
  • 5.1. Recovery Objectives
  • 5.2. Threats
  • 5.3. Review of Recovery activities
• 6. Effectiveness of Recovery Activities
  • 6.1. Vessel Strikes
  • 6.2. Fishing-Gear Entanglements
  • 6.3. Disturbance and Habitat Reduction or Degradation
    • 6.3.1. Contaminants
    • 6.3.2. Acoustic Disturbance
    • 6.3.3. Vessel-presence disturbance
    • 6.3.4. Changes in Food Supply
• 7. Indirect Recovery Activities: Monitoring and Stewardship
• 8. Threat-Based Recommendations
  • 8.1. Vessel Strikes
  • 8.2. Fishing-Gear Entanglements
  • 8.3. Disturbance and Habitat Reduction or Degradation
  • 8.4. Required Research and Monitoring
• 9. Conclusions
• 10. Literature Cited
• Appendix A: Acronyms
• Appendix B: Defining Risk
• Appendix C: Summaries of Recovery Activities

Appendix A: Acronyms

The following is a list of acronyms used throughout this document:

ATBA

Area to be Avoided

ALWTRP

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

COSEWIC

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CWF

Canadian Wildlife Federation

CWI

Canadian Whale Institute

CWRT

Campobello Whale Rescue Team

C&P

Conservation and Protection

DFO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

ESA

Endangered Species Act

GMWSTS

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station

IMO

International Maritime Organization

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

MARS

Marine Animal Response Society

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

OPP

Oceans Protection Plan

PBR

Potential Biological Removal

SARA

Species at Risk Act

SMA

Seasonal Management Areas

TSS

Traffic Separation Scheme

USA

United States of America

WWF

World Wildlife Fund