Tab F - Glossary of Key Acronyms Related to Fisheries and Oceans Canada

AFF: Atlantic Fisheries Fund

AGC: Atlantic Groundfish Council

AICFI: Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative

AIS: Aquatic Invasive Species

AOPS: Arctic and Offshore Patrol

ASF: Atlantic Salmon Federation

BCSRIF: British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund

BIO: Bedford Institute of Oceanography

CAIA: Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity

CCFAM: Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers

CCIW: Canada Centre for Inland Waters

CCG: Canadian Coast Guard

CEPA: Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CESD: Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

CFA: Crab Fishing Area

CFN: Coastal First Nations

CHS: Canadian Hydrographic Service

CHO: Critical Habitat Order

CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COA: Canada–Ontario Agreement

COSEWIC: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CSAS: Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat

C&P: Conservation and Protection

EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone

ENGO: Environmental Non-Government Organization

ER: Environmental Response

ESA: Ecologically Significant Areas

FCC: Fisheries Council of Canada

FGR: Fishery (General) Regulations

FFHPP: Fish and Fish Habitat Program

FFAW: Fisheries, Food and Allied Workers (Union)

FFMC: Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation

FRAPP : Fédération régionale acadienne des pêcheurs professionnels

FSC: Food, Social, and Ceremonial

HTO: Hunters and Trappers Organizations

ICCAT: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

IFMP: Integrated Fisheries Management Plan

IMO: International Maritime Organization

IPHC: International Pacific Halibut Commission

ITQ: Individual Transferable Quota

IUU: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

JRCC: Joint Rescue Coordination Centres

LFA: Lobster Fishing Area

MSC: Marine Stewardship Council

MCT: Marine Conservation Targets

MCTS: Marine Communications and Traffic Services

MFU: Maritimes Fishermen’s Union

MPA: Marine Protected Area

MMPA: Marine Mammal Protection Act

MSP: Marine Spatial Planning

NAFO: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NARW: North Atlantic Right Whale

NASCO: North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

NFA: Nunavut Fisheries Association

NICFI: Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative

NIO: National Indigenous Organization

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOLS: National Online Licensing System

NSB: Northern Shelf Bioregion

NSS: National Shipbuilding Strategy

NWMB: Nunavut Wildlife Management Board

OECM: Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures

OFAH: Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

OOSV: Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel

OPP: Oceans Protection Plan

PEIFA: Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association

PICFI: Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative

PSC: Pacific Salmon Commission

PSF: Pacific Salmon Foundation

QFF: Québec Fisheries Fund

RFMO: Regional Fisheries Management Organization

SAP: Sustainable Aquaculture Program

SAR: Species at Risk; or, Search and Rescue

SARA: Species at Risk Act

SCH: Small Craft Harbour

SFF: Sustainable Fisheries Framework

SOA: Special Operating Agency

SRKW: Southern Resident Killer Whale

TAC: Total Allowable Catch

USCG: United States Coast Guard

VSY: Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.