SOLAS
International Convention for the Safety of Lives at
Sea
SPLOS
State Parties to the 1982 United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea
SPRFMO
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management
Organisation
SWIOFC
South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
Tehran Convention
Framework Convention for the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
TEU
Treaty of the European Union
TFG
Transitional federal government, Republic of
Somalia
UN
United Nations
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
1982
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
UNFS Agreement
United Nations Agreement for the Implementation
of the Provisions of the Convention relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
UNSC
United Nations Security Council
UNSC Res
United Nations Security Council Resolution
UNTS
United Nations Treaty Series
US
United States of America
UVI
Unique vessel identifier
VGFSP
Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation
Schemes
WCPFC
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
|Commission
for
the
Conservation
and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in
the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
WECAFC
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
WG
Working group
Working Group
Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to
study issues relating to the conservation and
sustainable use of marine biological diversity
beyond areas of national jurisdiction
WTO
World Trade Organization
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