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FLO: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations
ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
ITQ: Individual Transferable Quotas
IUU: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
IWC: International Whaling Commission
LOS: Law of the Sea
MPA: Marine Protected Area
NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization
RFB: Regional Fishery Body
TAC: Total Allowable Catch
UN: United Nations
WCD: World Commission on Dams
WTO: World Trade Organization
WWF: World Wildlife Fund
NGO: Non-governmental organizationÂ
Terms and Definitions
Exclusive Economic Zone: from the Law of the Sea, Part V, Article 55, the exclusive economic zone is "an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of this Convention."
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