LTC
Legal and Technical Commission of the ISA
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships
MEPC
Marine Environment Protection Committee (of the
IMO)
MGRs/MGR
Marine genetic resources
MPAs/MPA
Marine protected area
MSC
Maritime Safety Committee (of the IMO)
MSR
Marine scientific research
NAFO
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAMMCO
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NASCO
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEAFC
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
NEAFC Convention
Convention on future multilateral cooperation in
the North East Atlantic Fisheries
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
nm
Nautical miles
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Noumea Convention
Convention for the Protection of the Natural
Resources and Environment of the South Pacific
Region
NOWPAP
Action Plan for the Protection, Management and
Development of the Marine and Coastal
Environment of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan
NPAFC
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NPFC
North Pacific Fisheries Commission
NPOA-IUU
National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate IUU Fishing
OCS
Continental shelf beyond 200 nm
OICP
Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on
Oceans and the Law of the Sea
OJ
Official Journal
OLDEPESCA
Latin American Organization for Fisheries
Development
OSPAR
Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the North-East Atlantic
OSPESCA
Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture
Organization
P&I Clubs
Protection and Indemnity Clubs
P5+1
Permanent Five Members of the Security Council,
and Germany, European Union
PERSGA
Regional Organization for the Conservation of the
Environment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
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