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 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 Part 600 - Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions
 Subpart A - General

  § 600.15 - Other acronyms.

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  • § 600.15 Other acronyms.

    (a) Fishery management terms.

    (1) ABC - acceptable biological catch

    (2) ATCA -Atlantic Tunas Convention Act

    (3) BFT (Atlantic bluefin tuna) means the subspecies of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus thynnus, or a part thereof, that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.

    (4) BSD means the ICCAT bluefin tuna statistical document.

    (5) CCC-Council coordination committee

    (6) DAH - estimated domestic annual harvest

    (7) DAP - estimated domestic annual processing

    (8) EIS - environmental impact statement

    (9) EY - equilibrium yield

    (10) FIAC-Fishing industry advisory committee

    (11) FMP - fishery management plan

    (12) ICCAT means the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

    (13) JVP - joint venture processing

    (14) MSY - maximum sustainable yield

    (15) PMP - preliminary FMP

    (16) TAC - total allowable catch

    (17) TALFF - total allowable level of foreign fishing

    (b) Legislation.

    (1) APA - Administrative Procedure Act

    (2) CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act

    (3) ESA - Endangered Species Act

    (4) FACA - Federal Advisory Committee Act

    (5) FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

    (6) FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act

    (7) MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act

    (8) MPRSA - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act

    (9) NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act

    (10) PA - Privacy Act

    (11) PRA - Paperwork Reduction Act

    (12) RFA - Regulatory Flexibility Act

    (c) Federal agencies.

    (1) CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality

    (2) DOC - Department of Commerce

    (3) DOI - Department of the Interior

    (4) DOS - Department of State

    (5) EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

    (6) FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service

    (7) GSA - General Services Administration

    (8) NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service

    (9) NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    (10) OMB - Office of Management and Budget

    (11) OPM - Office of Personnel Management

    (12) SBA - Small Business Administration

    (13) USCG - United States Coast Guard

    [61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 7073, Feb. 12, 1998; 64 FR 29134, May 28, 1999; 75 FR 59149, Sept. 27, 2010]