CEFAS
Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science
CI
Condition index
CIMTAN
Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network
CLME
Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem
C M
Dynamic drag coefficient
CO 2
Carbon dioxide
COC
Coconut Rope
d
Day
DA
Department of the Army
DHA
Docosahexaenoic acid
DIN
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen
DOWES
Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Services
DRG
Drag
DSP
Diarrheic shellfish poisoning
dw
Dry weight
EATiP
European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform
EC
European Commission
EEZ
Economic Exclusive Zone
e.g.
Exempli gratia (for example)
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
ELG
Effluent Limitation Guidelines
EM
Electron Microscope
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency, EicosaPentaenoic Acid
EU
European Union
EuRG
Ernte- und Reinigungsgerät (Harvest and cleaning device)
F
Force
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
F b
Buoyancy forces
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
F DRG
Drag force
FE
Finite element
FHI
Fish Health Inspectorate
FINO
Forschungsplattformen in Nord- und Ostsee (Research Platforms in
the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)
F m
Mass forces
FP7
7th Framework Programmes for Research and Technological
Development
FPN
Forschungsplattform Nordsee (Research Platform “North Sea”)
F s
Force in the cable
FSA
Food Services Agency
g
Gravity
GAO
General Accounting Office
GAR
Galician Rope
GCFMC
Gulf Coast Fishery Management Council
GG
Grundgesetz (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany)
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