The following is a list of acronyms of organizations that may be mentioned on this website.

Acronym	Definition
ACAP	Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
CCAMLR	Convention for the Consevation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCSBT	Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
CPPS	Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur / Permanent Commission for the South Pacific
EEZ	Exclusive Economic Zone
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FFA	Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
IATTC	Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICES	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/ · Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer
IOC	International Ornithological Congress
IOTC	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IUCN	International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IUU	Illegal, unreported, and unregulated
NAFO	North Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAMMCO	North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NMFS	US National Marine Fisheries Service, also called NOAA Fisheries
NPOA-Seabirds	National Plan of Action-Seabirds
RFMO	Regional Fisheries Management Organization
SEAFO	South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
WCPFC	Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission