A:
AAA: Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
AAA: Aboriginal Affairs Advisor (DFO)
AABM: Aggregate Abundance Based Management
AADNC: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
AAROM: Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management
ABM: Abundance- or Area-Based Management
ACC: Aquaculture Coordinating Committee
ADM: Assistant Deputy Minister
AFN: Assembly of First Nations
AFO: Aboriginal Fisheries Officer
AFS: Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy
AFSAR: Aboriginal Funds for Species at Risk
AHC: Area Harvest Committee
AIHP: Aboriginal Inland Habitat Program
AIS: Aquatic Invasive Species
AMAC: Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee
APC: Atlantic Policy Congress
APCFNC: Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs
ARM: Aquatic Resource Management
ATK: Aboriginal traditional knowledge
ATP: Allocation transfer program
AWG: Aquaculture Working Group
B:
BCAFN: BC Assembly of First Nations
BCI: BC Interior
C:
CCIRA: Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance
CCTAC: Canadian commercial total allowable catch
CEAA: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
CEPA: Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CFA: Comprehensive Fisheries Agreement
CFE: Commercial Fishing Enterprise
CFIA: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CHN: Council of the Haida Nation
CMWG: Co-management Working Group
COSEWIC: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
CPUE: Catch per unit effort
CSAB: Commercial Salmon Advisory Board
CSAF: Commercial Salmon Allocation Framework
CSAP: Centre for Scientific Advice Pacific (formerly PSARC)
CSPI: Southern BC Chinook Strategic Planning Initiative
CSTC: Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
CTAC: Canadian total allowable catch
CTC: Chinook Technical Committee
CTD: Catch to date
CU: Conservation Unit
CWT: Coded wire tag
D:
DFO: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
DU: Designatable Unit
E:
EAWG: Economic Access Working Group (FNFC)
EC: Executive Committee
ECCC: Environment and Climate Change Canada
ENGO: Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
EO: Economic opportunity
ER: Exploitation rate
ESSR: Excess salmon to spawning requirement
F:
Forum: Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon
FAM: Fisheries and Aquaculture Management
FAO: Fisheries and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FBC: Fraser Basin Council
FN: First Nation
FN_ISH ICC: First Nations Integrated Salmon Harvest Interim Coordinating Committee
FNAAP: First Nations Aquaculture Advisory Panel
FNEMC: First Nations Energy and Mining Council
FNFC: First Nations Fisheries Council
FNHC: First Nations Health Council
FNLC: First Nations Leadership Council
FNS: First Nations Summit
FPP: Fisheries Protection Program
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
FSCWG: FSC/Section 35.1 Working Group (FNFC)
FSR: Fraser Salmon Roadmap
FSRPG: Fraser Salmon Roadmap Planning Group
FVAFS: Fraser Valley Aboriginal Fisheries Society
FWJTF: Fraser Watershed Joint Technical Forum
G:
G&C: Grants and Contributions
H:
HR: Harvest rate
I:
IFMP: Integrated Fisheries Management Plan
IHPC: Integrated Harvest Planning Committee (Salmon)
IMAP: Integrated Management of Aquaculture Plans
IMAWG: Island Marine Aquatic Working Group
INAC: Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
ISBM: Individual stock based management (Chinook)
ISC: Interim Steering Committee
ISDF: Integrated Salmon Dialogue Forum
ITO: Intertribal Treaty Organization
IVQ: Individual vessel quota
J:
JTWG: Joint Technical Working Group
K:
L:
LFFA: Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
LOU: Letter of Understanding
LRP: Limit reference point
M:
MCC: Marine Conservation Caucus
MLP: Mandatory landing program
MMTC: Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council
MOE: Ministry of Environment
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MPB: Mountain Pine Beetle
MSC: Marine Stewardship Council
MSF: Mark selective fishery
MSY: Maximum sustainable yield
MVI: Mid Vancouver Island
N:
NASAPI: National Aquaculture Strategic Action Plan Initiative
NBBC: Native Brotherhood of British Columbia
NCSFNSS: North Coast Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
NFA: Native Fishing Association
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
NHQ: National Headquarters
NNTC: Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council
NPAFC: North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NSTC: Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
NTA: Nicola Tribal Association
NTC: Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
NWIFC: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
NWSFA: Nicola Watershed Stewardship and Fisheries Authority
O:
OHSAR: Oceans, Habitat and Species at Risk
ONA: Okanagan Nation Alliance
OSR: Own source revenue
P:
PICFI: Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative
PIT: Passive internal transponder
PMO: Prime Minister’s Office
PNCIMA: Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area
PSARC: Pacific Science Advice Review Committee (now CSAP)
PSC: Pacific Salmon Commission
PSF: Pacific Salmon Foundation
PST: Pacific Salmon Treaty
PTO: Provincial Territorial Organization OR Political and Treaty Organization
Q:
R:
RASRR: Release of Aquaculture Substances Regulatory Regime
RDG: Regional Director General
RFO: Regional Fisheries Organization
RHQ: Regional Headquarters
S:
SARA: Species At Risk Act
SCC/Salmon CC: Salmon Coordinating Committee
SCC: Supreme Court of Canada
SCVI: South Coast Vancouver Island
SEP: Salmonid Enhancement Program
SFAB: Sport Fishing Advisory Board
SFC: Secwepemc Fisheries Commission
SFC: Skeena Fisheries Commission
SNTC: Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
SPI: Strategic Partnerships Initiative
SSHRC: Social Science and Humanities Research Council
STC: Sto:lo Tribal Council
T:
TAC: Total allowable catch
TAM: Total allowable mortality
TAPD: Treaty and Aboriginal Policy Directorate
TB: Treasury Board
TEK: Traditional ecological knowledge
TNG: Tsilhqot’in National Government
TOR: Terms of Reference
U:
UBCIC: Union of BC Indian Chiefs
UFFCA: Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance
UNDRIP: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
V:
W:
WCVI: West Coast Vancouver Island
WFSI: Water for Fish Stewardship Initiative
WSP: Wild Salmon Policy
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