EBSA
Ecologically or biologically significant marine area
ECCAS
Economic Community of Central African States
ECJ
Court of Justice of the European Union
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EFCA
European Fisheries Control Agency
EIA
Environmental impact assessment
EIS
Environmental impact statement
EMMP
Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United
Nations
FAO Compliance Agreement Agreement to Promote Compliance with
International Conservation and Management
Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of
1993
FAO PSMA
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent,
Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and
Unregulated Fishing of 2009
FCWC
Fishery Committee of the West Central Gulf of
Guinea
FFA
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GESAMP
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of
Marine Environmental Protection
GFCM
General
Fisheries
Commission
for
the
Mediterranean
HELCOM
Baltic
Marine
Environment
Protection
Commission—Helsinki Commission
HIMI
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HR
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
HS
High seas
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IATTC
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Ibid.
Ibidem
ICCAT
International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas
ICES
International Council for the Exploration of Seas
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICP
United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
ICRW
International Convention for the Regulation of
Whaling 1946
Id.
Idem
IgC
Intergovernmental Conference
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