Bucharest Convention
Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea
against Pollution
BWM
International Convention for the Control and
Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and
Sediments
CAMLR
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources
CAO
Central Arctic Ocean
CB&TT
Capacity-Building and the Transfer of Marine
Technology
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAMLR
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources
CCSBT
Commission for the Conservation of Southern
Bluefin Tuna
CCZ
Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone
CEP
Caspian Environment Programme
CFMS
Conservation and management of fish stocks
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 1973
CLCS
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CMS
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals
COBSEA
Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia
COFI
FAO Committee on Fisheries
COLREGs
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea
COMAR
Common Foreign and Security Policy Working
Party on the Law of the Sea
COMHAFAT-ATLAFCO
Ministerial Conference of Fisheries Cooperation
among African States Bordering the Atlantic
COP
Conference of the Parties
COREP
Regional Commission of Fisheries of Gulf of
Guinea
CPPS
Permanent Commission for the South Pacific
CRFM
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
CS
Continental Shelf
CTMFM
Joint Technical Commission of the Maritime Front
DOALOS
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea
DPRK
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
East Asian Seas Action Plan
Action Plan for the Protection and Development of
the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the
East Asian Seas Region
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