| AFAP |
Atlantic Fisheries Adjustment Program |
| AGAC |
Atlantic Groundfish Advisory Committee |
| AIMS |
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies |
| CAFE |
Canadian Association of Fish Exporters |
| CAFSAC |
Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee |
| CCPFH |
Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters |
| CDC |
Canada Development Corporation |
| CFPA |
Coastal Fisheries Protection Act |
| CIRRD |
Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development |
| CJFAS |
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
| COSEWIC |
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada |
| CPUE |
Catch Per Unit Effort (see Glossary of Terms) |
| DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
| DREE |
Department of Regional Economic Expansion |
| EA |
Enterprise Allocation |
| EC |
European Community |
| EDGE |
Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprise program |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FBDB |
Federal Business Development Bank |
| FCC |
Fisheries Council of Canada |
| FFAW |
Fish, Food, and Allied Workers union |
| FRCC |
Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, the successor to CAFSAC |
| HRDC |
Human Resources and Development Canada (formerly the Department of Employment and Immigration) |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICNAF |
International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries |
| ITQ |
Individual Transferable Quota |
| IQ |
Individual Quota |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| IVQ |
Individual Vessel Quota |
| MPA |
Marine Protected Areas |
| MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
| NAFO |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
| NCARP |
Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program |
| NCSP |
Northern Cod Science Program |
| NIFA |
Newfoundland Inshore Fisheries Association |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NSDA |
Nova Scotia Draggers Association |
| RV |
Research Vessel |
| TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
| TAGS |
The Atlantic Groundfish Strategy |
| TGNIF |
Task Group on Newfoundland Inshore Fisheries |
| UFCW |
United Food and Commercial Workers |
| UI |
Unemployment Insurance (now known as Employment Insurance) |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| VPA |
Virtual Population Analysis |
| WWFN |
World Wide Fund for Nature |