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Matt--could we make this into it's own page on the website?

Acronyms

EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone
EBFM: Ecosystem-based Fishery Management
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
ITQ: Individual Transferable Quotas
IWC: International Whaling Commission
LOS: Law of the Sea
NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization
RFB: Regional Fishing Fishery Body
EBFM: Ecosystem-based Fishery Management TAC: Total Allowable Catch
UN: United Nations
LOS: Law of the Sea
IWC: International Whaling Commission
EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone
WCD: World Commission on Dams
WTO: World Trade Organization
ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Seas WWF: World Wildlife Fund

Terms and Definitions

Sustainable: Fishing healthy ecosystems at a level and in a manner that it is reasonably believed can be continued indefinitely, assuming proper responses to ecosystem changes.

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