IGC
Intergovernmental
conference
on
marine
biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
ILA
International Law Association
ILBI
International legally binding instrument under the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
on the conservation and sustainable use of marine
biological diversity of areas beyond national
jurisdiction
ILC
United Nations International Law Commission
ILM
International Legal Materials
IMCO
International Maritime Consultative Organization
IMO
International Maritime Organization
INPFC
International North Pacific Fisheries Commission
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(of the UNESCO)
IOs
International organizations
IOSEA
Indian Ocean–South-East Asian Marine Turtle
memorandum of understanding
IOTC
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IPHC
International Pacific Halibut Commission
IPOA-IUU
International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
Fishing
IRISL
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
ISA
International Seabed Authority
ITLOS
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources
IUU
Illegal, unreported and unregulated Fishing
IWC
International Whaling Commission
JCPOA
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Jeddah Convention
Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea
and the Gulf of Aden Environment
JNRFC
Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Commission
Kuwait Convention
Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on
the Protection of the Marine Environment from
Pollution
LC/LP
London Convention on the Prevention of Marine
Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
1972 and the London Protocol 1996
Lima Convention
Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment and Coastal Area of the Southeast
Pacific
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Abbreviations