1999 

 OUR LIVING OCEANS 



ICNAF International Convention tor the Nortliwest Atlantic Fisheries 



IFQ intiividtial fishing quota 



INPFC International North Pacific Fisheries Coniniission 



IPHC International Pacific Halibut Commission 



IWC International Whaling Commission 



K carrying capacity 



kg kilogram 



LIDAR light detection and ranging 



LMR living marine resource(s) 



LTPY long-term potential yield 



m meter 



M instantaneous rate of natural mortality 



MAFMC Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management (Council 



MFCMA Magnuson Fishery txuiservation and Management Act ol 1976 



MSFCMA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (as amended through 



October 11, 1996) 



MHI Main Hawaiian Islands 



mm millimeter 



MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act 



MMS Minerals Management Service, Department ol Interior 



MRFSS Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey 



MSAP Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel 



MSY maxinuuTi sustainable yield 



NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 



NASCO North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization 



NEFMC New Fngland Fishery Management Council 



NEFSC Northeast Fisheries Science Center 



NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service 



n.mi. nautical mile 



N^i^ mininumi population estimate of the stock 



NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



NPAFC North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission 



NPFMC North Pacific Fishery Management Council 



NWFSC Northwest Fisheries Science ("enter 



NWHI Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 



ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 



OLO Our Living Oceans 



OY optimum yield 



OSP optimum sustainable population 



PA Precautionary Approach 



PacFIN Pacific Fisheries Information Network 



PCB polychlorinated biphenyl 



PBR potential biological removal 



PFMC Pacific Fishery Management Cxnincil 



PICES North Pacific Marine Science Organization 



PSC U.S.-("anada Pacific Salmon ("ommission 



PSP paralytic shellfish poisoning 



RAY recent average yield 



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