List of Acronyms
ABA
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment
ABWC
Alaska Beluga Whale Committee
ACC
Alaska Commercial Company
ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea,
Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area
ACPB
Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears
AEPS
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AIBWC
Alaska and Inuvialuit Beluga Whale Committee
AIDCP
Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program
ASCOBANS Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic,
North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas
ASW
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling
ATCM
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
ATCP
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties
ATS
Antarctic Treaty System
BWU
Blue Whale Unit
CAMLR
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAS
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora
CLA
Catch Limit Algorithm
CLCS
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CMS
Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals
CoE
Council of Europe
CoP
Conference of the Parties
DFO
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
EBSA
Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
EEC
European Economic Community
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
EU
European Union
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