Acceptable biological catch (ABC)
Biological Reference Points
Biomass at Maximum Sustainable Yield (BMSY)
Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD)
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) / Catch Rate
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
Data Collection Framework (DFC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department for Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA)
Ecosystem Based Management (EBM)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Fisheries Management Plan (FMP)
Fisheries Policy Authorities
Fishing mortality at the maximum economic yield (FMEY)
Fishing mortality limit (Flim)
FMSY – Fishing Mortality corresponding to Maximum Sustainable Yield
Geographical Information System (GIS)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Good Environmental Status (GES)
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)
Harvest Control Rule (HCR)
Imperative Reason(s) of Overriding Public Interest (IROPI)
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA)
Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (i-VMS)
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)
Interspecies Flexibility (ISF)
Joint Fisheries Statement (JIS)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MaCAA / MaCAA 09)
Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)
Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Marine Protected Area (MPA)
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Maximum economic yield (MEY)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS)
Multi-Annual Plans (MAPs)
Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs)
Relevant Authority Group (RAG)
Remote electronic monitoring (REM)
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Spawning Stock Biomass (SSB)
Spawning stock biomass capable of producing maximum sustainable yield (SSBMSY)
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Special Protection Area (SPA)
Statutory Nature Conservation Body (SNCB)
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Test of Likely Significant Effect (TLSE)
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
Total Allowable Catch (TAC)
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
Welsh Government Marine and Fisheries Division
