AAD |
Australian Government Antarctic Division |
ACAP |
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels |
ACAP BSWG |
ACAP Breeding Sites Working Group (BSWG) |
ACC |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
ACW |
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave |
ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (mounted on the hull) |
ADL |
Aerobic Dive Limit |
AEM |
Ageing Error Matrix |
AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
AFZ |
Australian Fishing Zone |
AIS |
Automatic Identification System |
AKES |
Antarctic Krill and Ecosystem Studies |
ALK |
Age–length Key |
AMD |
Antarctic Master Directory |
AMES |
Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Studies |
AMLR |
Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
AMSR-E |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer – Earth Observing System |
ANDEEP |
Antarctic Benthic Deep-sea Biodiversity |
APBSW |
Bransfield Strait West (SSMU) |
APDPE |
Drake Passage East (SSMU) |
APDPW |
Drake Passage West (SSMU) |
APE |
Antarctic Peninsula East (SSMU) |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APECS |
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists |
APEI |
Elephant Island (SSMU) |
APEME Steering Committee |
Steering Committee on Antarctic Plausible Ecosystem Modelling Efforts |
APIS |
Antarctic Pack-Ice Seals Program (SCAR-GSS) |
APW |
Antarctic Peninsula West (SSMU) |
ARK |
Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies |
ASE |
Assessment Strategy Evaluation |
ASI |
Antarctic Site Inventory |
ASIP |
Antarctic Site Inventory Project |
ASMA |
Antarctic Specially Managed Area |
ASOC |
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition |
ASPA |
Antarctic Specially Protected Area |
ASPM |
Age-Structured Production Model |
ATCM |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting |
ATCP |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party |
ATME |
Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on the Impacts of Climate Change for Management and Governance of the Antarctic region |
ATS |
Antarctic Treaty System |
ATSCM |
Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry |
BAS |
British Antarctic Survey |
BED |
Bird Excluder Device |
BICS |
Benthic Impact Camera System |
BIOMASS |
Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (SCAR/SCOR) |
BROKE |
Baseline Research on Oceanography, Krill and the Environment |
BRT |
Boosted Regression Trees |
CAC |
Comprehensive Assessment of Compliance |
cADL |
calculated Aerobic Dive Limit |
CAF |
Central Ageing Facility |
CAML |
Census of Antarctic Marine Life |
CAMLR Convention |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CAML SSC |
CAML Scientific Steering Committee |
CAR |
Comprehensiveness, Adequacy, Representativeness |
CASAL |
C++ Algorithmic Stock Assessment Laboratory |
CBD |
Convention on Biodiversity |
CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CCAMLR-2000 Survey |
CCAMLR 2000 Krill Synoptic Survey of Area 48 |
CCAMLR-IPY-2008 Survey |
CCAMLR-IPY 2008 Krill Synoptic Survey in the South Atlantic Region |
CCAS |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals |
CCEP |
CCAMLR Compliance Evaluation Procedure |
CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
CCSBT-ERS WG |
CCSBT Ecologically Related Species Working Group |
CDS |
Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. |
CDW |
Circumpolar Deep Water |
CEMP |
CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program |
CEP |
Committee for Environmental Protection |
CF |
Conversion Factor |
CircAntCML |
Circum-Antarctic Census of Antarctic Marine Life |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
CM |
Conservation Measure |
CMIR |
CCAMLR MPA Information Repository |
CMIX |
CCAMLR’s Mixture Analysis Program |
CMP |
Conservation Management Plan |
CMS |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries (FAO) |
COLTO |
Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators |
CoML |
Census of Marine Life |
COMM CIRC |
Commission Circular (CCAMLR) |
COMNAP |
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (SCAR) |
CON |
CCAMLR Otolith Network |
COTPAS |
CCAMLR Observer Training Program Accreditation Scheme |
CPD |
Critical Period–Distance |
CPPS |
Permanent Commission on the South Pacific |
CPR |
Continuous Plankton Recorder |
CPUE |
Catch-per-unit-effort |
CQFE |
Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology (USA) |
CS-EASIZ |
Coastal Shelf Sector of the Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone (SCAR) |
CSI |
Combined Standardised Index |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) |
CT |
Computed Tomography |
CTD |
Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe |
CV |
Coefficient of Variation |
C-VMS |
Centralised Vessel Monitoring System |
CVS |
Concurrent Version System |
CWP |
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (FAO) |
DCD |
Dissostichus Catch Document |
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
DPM |
Dynamic Production Model |
DPOI |
Drake Passage Oscillation Index |
DSAG |
Data Services Advisory Group |
DQA |
Data quality assurance |
DVM |
Diel vertical migration |
DWBA |
Distorted wave Born approximation model |
EAF |
Ecosystem Approaches to Fishing |
EASIZ |
Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone |
E-CDS |
Electronic Web-based Catch Documentation Scheme |
ECOPATH |
Software for construction and analysis of mass-balance models |
ECOSIM |
Software for construction and analysis of mass-balance models |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
EG-BAMM |
Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (SCAR) |
EIV |
Ecologically Important Value |
ENFA |
Environmental Niche Factor Analysis |
ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
EOF/PC |
Empirical Orthogonal Function/Principal Component |
EoI |
Expression of Intent (for activities in the IPY) |
EPOC |
Ecosystem, productivity, ocean, climate modelling framework |
EPOS |
European Polarstern Study |
EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
eSB |
Electronic version of CCAMLR’s Statistical Bulletin |
ESS |
Effective Sample Size(s) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FBM |
Feedback Management |
FEMA |
Workshop on Fisheries and Ecosystem Models in the Antarctic |
FEMA2 |
Second Workshop on Fisheries and Ecosystem Models in the Antarctic |
FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
FFO |
Foraging–Fishery Overlap |
FIBEX |
First International BIOMASS Experiment |
FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System (FAO) |
FIRMS |
Fishery Resources Monitoring System (FAO) |
FMP |
Fishery Management Plan |
FOOSA |
Krill–Predator–Fishery Model (previously KPFM2) |
FPI |
Fishing-to-Predation Index |
FRAM |
Fine Resolution Antarctic Model |
FV |
Fishing Vessel |
GAM |
Generalised Additive Model |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GBIF |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
GBM |
Generalised Boosted Model |
GCMD |
Global Change Master Directory |
GDM |
Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling |
GEBCO |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans |
GEOSS |
Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GIWA |
Global International Waters Assessment (SCAR) |
GLM |
Generalised Linear Model |
GLMM |
Generalised Linear Mixed Model |
GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Research |
GLOCHANT |
Global Change in the Antarctic (SCAR) |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System (SCOR) |
GOSEAC |
Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and Conservation (SCAR) |
GOSSOE |
Group of Specialists on Southern Ocean Ecology (SCAR/SCOR) |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSCF |
General Science Capacity Fund |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
GRT |
Gross Registered Tonnage |
GTS |
Greene et al., (1990) linear TS versus length relationship |
GYM |
Generalised Yield Model |
HAC |
A global standard being developed for the storage of hydroacoustic data |
HCR |
Harvest Control Rule |
HIMI |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
HPAI |
High pathogenicity avian influenza |
IA |
Impact Assessment |
IAATO |
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators |
IASOS |
Institute for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (Australia) |
IASOS/CRC |
IASOS Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment |
IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
ICAIR |
International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research |
ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
ICED |
Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICESCAPE |
Integrating Count Effort by Seasonally Correcting Animal Population Estimates |
ICES WGFAST |
ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology |
ICFA |
International Coalition of Fisheries Associations |
ICG-SF |
Intersessional Correspondence Group on Sustainable Financing |
ICSEAF |
International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries |
ICSU |
International Council for Science |
IDCR |
International Decade of Cetacean Research |
IFF |
International Fishers’ Forum |
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
IGR |
Instantaneous Growth Rate |
IHO |
International Hydrographic Organisation |
IKMT |
Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl |
IMAF |
Incidental Mortality Associated with Fishing |
IMALF |
Incidental Mortality Arising from Longline Fishing |
IMBER |
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IGBP) |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
IMP |
Inter-moult Period |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IOCSOC |
IOC Regional Committee for the Southern Ocean |
IOFC |
Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPHC |
International Pacific Halibut Commission |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
IPOA-Seabirds |
FAO International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch |
IPY |
International Polar Year |
IRCS |
International Radio Call Sign |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISR |
Integrated Study Region |
ITLOS |
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources – the World Conservation Union |
IUU |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated |
IW |
Integrated Weight |
IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
IWC-IDCR |
IWC International Decade of Cetacean Research |
IWC SC |
Scientific Committee of the IWC |
IWL |
Integrated Weighted Line |
IYGPT |
International Young Gadoids Pelagic Trawl |
JAG |
Joint Assessment Group |
JARPA |
Japanese Whale Research Program under special permit in the Antarctic |
JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (SCOR/IGBP) |
KPFM |
Krill–Predatory–Fishery Model (used in 2005) |
KPFM2 |
Krill–Predatory–Fishery Model (used in 2006) – renamed FOOSA |
KYM |
Krill Yield Model |
LADCP |
Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (lowered through the water column) |
LAKRIS |
Lazarev Sea Krill Study |
LBRS |
Length-bin Random Sampling |
LMM |
Linear Mixed Model |
LMR |
Living Marine Resources Module (GOOS) |
LSSS |
Large-Scale Server System |
LTER |
Long-term Ecological Research (USA) |
M |
Natural Mortality |
MARPOL Convention |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
MARS |
Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines |
MAXENT |
Maximum Entropy modelling |
MBAL |
Minimum Biologically Acceptable Limits |
MCMC |
Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
MCS |
Monitoring Control and Surveillance |
MDS |
Mitigation Development Strategy |
MEA |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
MEASO |
Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean |
MEOW |
Marine Ecoregions of the World |
MFTS |
Multiple-Frequency Method for in situ TS Measurements |
MIA |
Marginal Increment Analysis |
MIZ |
Marginal Ice Zone |
MLD |
Mixed-layer Depth |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MP |
Management Procedure |
MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
MPD |
Maximum of the Posterior Density |
MRAG |
Marine Resources Assessment Group (UK) |
MRM |
Minimum Realistic Model |
MSE |
Management Strategy Evaluation |
MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
MV |
Merchant Vessel |
MVBS |
Mean Volume Backscattering Strength |
MVP |
Minimum Viable Populations |
MVUE |
Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimate |
NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NASA |
National Aeronautical and Space Administration (USA) |
NASC |
Nautical Area Scattering Coefficient |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) |
NCP |
Non-Contracting Party |
NEAFC |
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
NI |
Nearest Integer |
NIWA |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand) |
nMDS |
non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (USA) |
NMML |
National Marine Mammal Laboratory (USA) |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) |
NPOA |
National Plan of Action |
NPOA-Seabirds |
FAO National Plans of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch |
NRT |
Net Registered Tonnage |
NSF |
National Science Foundation (USA) |
NSIDC |
National Snow and Ice Data Center (USA) |
OBIS |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
OCCAM Project |
Ocean Circulation Climate Advanced Modelling Project |
OCTS |
Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OM |
Operating Model |
PaCSWG |
Population and Conservation Status Working Group (ACAP) |
PAR |
Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
PBR |
Permitted Biological Removal |
PCA |
Principal Component Analysis |
PCR |
Per Capita Recruitment |
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Portable Document Format |
PF |
Polar Front |
PFZ |
Polar Frontal Zone |
PIT |
Passive Integrated Transponder |
PRP |
CCAMLR Performance Review Panel |
PS |
Paired Streamer Line |
PSAT |
Pop-up satellite archival tag |
PTT |
Platform Terminal Transmitter |
RES |
Relative Environmental Suitability |
RFB |
Regional Fishery Body |
RFMO |
Regional Fishery Management Organisation |
RMT |
Research Midwater Trawl |
ROV |
Remotely-Operated Vehicle |
RPO |
Realised Potential Overlap |
RTMP |
Real-Time Monitoring Program |
RV |
Research Vessel |
RVA |
Register of Vulnerable Areas |
SACCB |
Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Boundary |
SACCF |
Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front |
SAER |
State of the Antarctic Environment Report |
SAF |
Sub-Antarctic Front |
SBDY |
Southern Boundary of the ACC |
SBWG |
Seabird Bycatch Working Group (ACAP) |
SCAF |
Standing Committee on Administration and Finance (CCAMLR) |
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
SCAR-ASPECT |
Antarctic Sea-Ice Processes, Ecosystems and Climate (SCAR Program) |
SCAR-BBS |
SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee |
SCAR-CPRAG |
Action Group on Continuous Plankton Recorder Research |
SCAR-EASIZ |
Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone (SCAR Program) |
SCAR-EBA |
Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica (SCAR Program) |
SCAR-EGBAMM |
Expert Group on Birds And Marine Mammals |
SCAR-GEB |
SCAR Group of Experts on Birds |
SCAR-GOSEAC |
SCAR Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and Conservation |
SCAR-GSS |
SCAR Group of Specialists on Seals |
SCAR-Marbin |
SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network |
SCAR/SCOR-GOSSOE |
SCAR/SCOR Group of Specialists on Southern Ocean Ecology |
SCAR |
SCAR Working Group on Biology |
SC-CAMLR |
Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
SC CIRC |
Scientific Committee Circular (CCAMLR) |
SC-CMS |
Scientific Committee for CMS |
SCIC |
Standing Committee on Implementation and Compliance (CCAMLR) |
SCOI |
Standing Committee on Observation and Inspection (CCAMLR) |
SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
SCP |
Systematic Conservation planning |
SD |
Standard Deviation |
SDWBA |
Stochastic Distorted-wave Born Approximation |
SEAFO |
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation |
SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
SG-ASAM |
Subgroup on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods |
SGE |
South Georgia East |
SGSR |
South Georgia–Shag Rocks |
SGW |
South Georgia West (SSMU) |
SIBEX |
Second International BIOMASS Experiment |
SIC |
Scientist-in-Charge |
SIOFA |
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement |
SIR Algorithm |
Sampling/Importance Resampling Algorithm |
SISO |
Scheme of International Scientific Observation (CCAMLR) |
SKAG |
SCAR Krill Action Group |
SKEG |
SCAR Krill Expert Group |
SMOM |
Spatial Multispecies Operating Model |
SNP |
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
SO‑CPR |
Southern Ocean CPR |
SO GLOBEC |
Southern Ocean GLOBEC |
SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
SO JGOFS |
Southern Ocean JGOFS |
SOMBASE |
Southern Ocean Molluscan Database |
SONE |
South Orkney North East (SSMU) |
SOOS |
Southern Ocean Observing System |
SOPA |
South Orkney Pelagic Area (SSMU) |
SOS Workshop |
Southern Ocean Sentinel Workshop |
SOW |
South Orkney West (SSMU) |
SOWER |
Southern Ocean Whale Ecology Research Cruises |
SPA |
Specially Protected Area |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
SPGANT |
Ocean Colour Chlorophyll-a algorithm for the Southern Ocean |
SPM |
Spatial Population Model |
SPRFMO |
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
SRZ |
Special research zone |
SSB |
Spawning Stock Biomass |
SSG-LS |
The Standing Scientific Group on Life Sciences (SCAR) |
SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
SSMU |
Small-scale Management Unit |
SSMU Workshop |
Workshop on Small-scale Management Units, such as Predator Units |
SSRU |
Small-scale Research Unit |
SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
SST |
Sea-Surface Temperature |
STC |
Subtropical Convergence |
SWIOFC |
Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission |
TASO |
ad hoc Technical Group for At-Sea Operations (CCAMLR) |
TDR |
Time Depth Recorder |
TEWG |
Transitional Environmental Working Group |
TIRIS |
Texas Instruments Radio Identification System |
TISVPA |
Triple Instantaneous Separable VPA (previously TSVPA) |
ToR |
Term of Reference |
TrawlCI |
Estimation of Abundance from Trawl Surveys |
TS |
Target Strength |
TVG |
Time Varied Gain |
UBC |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
UCDW |
Upper Circumpolar Deep Water |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
UN Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCLOS |
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNEP |
UN Environment Programme |
UNEP-WCMC |
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
UNCLOS |
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNFSA |
the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement is the 1995 United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks |
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
UPGMA |
Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean |
US AMLR |
United States Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program |
US LTER |
United States Long-term Ecological Research |
UV |
Ultra-Violet |
UW |
Unweighted |
UWL |
Unweighted Longline |
VME |
Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem |
VMS |
Vessel Monitoring System |
VOGON |
Value Outside the Generally Observed Norm |
VPA |
Virtual Population Analysis |
VRZs | Voluntary Restricted Zones |
WAMI |
Workshop on Assessment Methods for Icefish (CCAMLR) |
WC |
Weddell Circulation |
WCO |
World Customs Organization |
WFC |
World Fisheries Congress |
WCPFC |
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention |
WG-ASAM |
Working Group on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (CCAMLR) |
WG-CEMP |
Working Group for the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CCAMLR) |
WG-EMM |
Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (CCAMLR) |
WG-EMM-STAPP |
Subgroup on Status and Trend Assessment of Predator Populations |
WG-FSA |
Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (CCAMLR) |
WG-FSA-SAM |
Subgroup on Assessment Methods |
WG-FSA-SFA |
Subgroup on Fisheries Acoustics |
WG-IMAF |
Working Group on Incidental Mortality Associated with Fishing (CCAMLR) |
WG-IMALF |
ad hoc Working Group on Incidental Mortality Arising from Longline Fishing (CCAMLR) |
WG-Krill |
Working Group on Krill (CCAMLR) |
WG-SAM |
Working Group on Statistics, Assessments and Modelling |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
WSC |
Weddell–Scotia Confluence |
WS-Flux |
Workshop on Evaluating Krill Flux Factors (CCAMLR) |
WS-MAD |
Workshop on Methods for the Assessment of D. eleginoides (CCAMLR) |
WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
WS-VME |
Workshop on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WWD |
West Wind Drift |
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
WWW |
World Wide Web |
XBT |
Expendable Bathythermograph |
XML |
Extensible Mark-up Language |
Y2K |
Year 2000 |
YCS |
Year-class Strength(s) |