Acronym Guide

BC Aboriginal Fisheries Acronym Guide

AABM

Aggregate Abundance Based Management (Chinook)

AAROM

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management

ABM

Abundance Based Management (Coho)

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

AFO

Aboriginal Fisheries Officer

AFS

Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy

AFSAR

Aboriginal Funds for Species at Risk

AHC

Area Harvest Committee

AIP

Agreement in principle

ATK

Aboriginal traditional knowledge

ATP

Allocation transfer program

AUC

Area under the curve

BCAFN

BC Assembly of First Nations

BKD

Bacterial kidney disease

CCIRA

Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance

CCTAC

Canadian commercial total allowable catch

CEAA

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

CFA

Comprehensive Fisheries Agreement

COSEWIC

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CPUE

Catch per unit effort

CSAB

Commercial salmon Advisory Board

CSAP

Centre for Scientific Advice Pacific (formerly PSARC)

CTAC

Canadian total allowable catch

CTC

Chinook Technical Committee

CTD

Catch to date

CU

Conservation Unit

CWT

Coded wire tag

DFO

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

EO

Economic opportunity

ER

Exploitation rate

ESSR

Excess salmon to spawning requirement

“The Forum”

Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon

FN

First Nation

FNFC

First Nations Fisheries Council

FNS

First Nations Summit

FPC

Forum Planning Committee

FRAFS

Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat

FRAWG

Fraser River and Approach Working Group

FRSSI

Fraser River Sockeye Spawning Initiative

FRP

Fraser River Panel

FSC

Food social ceremonial

FSR

Fraser Salmon Roadmap

FSRPG

Fraser Salmon Roadmap Planning Group

FVAFS

Fraser Valley Aboriginal Fisheries Society

FWJTF

Fraser Watershed Joint Technical Forum

HR

Harvest rate

IFMP

Integrated Fisheries Management Plan

IHPC

Integrated Harvest Planning Committee (Salmon)

IMAP

Integrated Management of Aquaculture Plans

IMAWG

Island Marine Aquatic Working Group

ISBM

Individual stock based management (Chinook)

ITO

Intertribal Treaty Organization

IVQ

Individual vessel quota

JTWG

Joint Technical Working Group

LFFA

Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance

LRP

Limit reference point

MLP

Mandatory landing program

MSF

Mark selective fishery

MSY

Maximum sustainable yield

MVI

Mid Vancouver Island

NPAFC

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

PICFI

Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative

PIT

Passive internal transponder

PNCIMA

Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area

PSARC

Pacific Science Advice Review Committee

PSC

Pacific Salmon Commission

PST

Pacific Salmon Treaty

RDG

Regional Director General

SARA

Species At Risk Act

SCVI

South Coast Vancouver Island

SEP

Salmonid Enhancement Program

SFAB

Sport Fishing Advisory Board

TAC

Total allowable catch

TAM

Total allowable mortality

UBCIC

Union of BC Indian Chiefs

UFFCA

Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance

WCVI

West Coast Vancouver Island

WSP

Wild Salmon Policy

 

 
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