List of Acronyms
ABNJ — Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
BC — Barcelona Convention
BCC — Benguela Current Commission
BCLME — Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
BOBLME — Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem
CBD — Convention on Biological Diversity
CBO — Community-Based Organization
CCO — Colombian Ocean Commission
CCRF — Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
CERMES — Centre for Resource Management and
Environmental Studies
CITES — Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species
CLME+ — Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem +
CMSP — Coastal and marine spatial planning
CoP — Conference of Parties
DPSIR — Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response
EAFM — Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
EAS — East Asian Seas
EBM — Ecosystem-Based Management
EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
ESPOO — ESPOO Convention
FAO — Food and Agriculture Oganisation
GBRMP — Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
GEF — Global Environment Facility
GFCM — General Fisheries Commission
for the Mediterranean
HCLME — Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem
HELCOM — Helsinki Commission
HNS — Protocol on Preparedness, Response and
Cooperation to Pollution Incidents by
Hazardous and Noxious Substances
HOPE — Healthy Oceans, People and Economies
ICES — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICM — Integrated Coastal Management
ICZM — Integrated Coastal Zone Management
ILEC — International Lake Ecosystems Committee
IMBeR — Integrated Marine Biosphere Research
IMO — International Maritime Organization
IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Organisation
IODE — IOC International Oceanographic Data and
Information Exchange of
IUU — Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
IW — International Waters
LMO — Living Modified Organism
LME — Large Marine Ecosystem
LOSC — Law of the Sea Convention
MAP — Mediterranean Action Plan
MARPOL — International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MDG — UN Millennium Development Goal
MEDPAN — Mediterranean Protected Area Network
MoU — Memorandum of Understanding
MPA — Marine Protected Area
MSFD — Marine Strategy FrameworkDirective
MSP — Marine Spatial Planning
NAP — National Action Programme
NBS — North Brazil Shelf
NGO — Non Governmental Organisation
NIC — National Intersectoral Coordination
NOAA — National Athmospheric and Oceanic
Administration
OECS — Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
OGC — Ocean Governance Committee
OPRC — International Convention on Oil Pollution
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation
PAP/RAC — Priority Actions Programme / Regional
Activity Centre
PEMSEA — Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia
PICES — North Pacific Marine Science Organization
PR — Puerto Rico
RAMPAO — Regional Western Africa Protected Areas
Network
RFB — Regional Fishery Body
SAP — Strategic Action Programme
SDG — Sustainable Development Goal
SDS-SEA — Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia
SEAFDEC — Southeast Asian Fisheries Development
Center
SOC — State of the Coasts
SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
TDA — Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
TE — Terminal Evaluation
TWAP — Transboundary Waters Assessment
Programme
UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNEP — United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO — United Nations Education, Science and
Culture Organisation
USAID — United States Agency for International
Development
USVI — United States Virgin Islands
VASAB — Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea
WAS — World Agriculture Society
WCPA — World Commission on Protected Areas