A:
AAA: Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
AAA: Aboriginal Affairs Advisor (DFO)
AABM: Aggregate Abundance Based Management
AAROM: Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management
ABM: Abundance- or Area-Based Management
ACC: Aquaculture Coordinating Committee
ADM: Assistant Deputy Minister (Federal Government)
AFN: Assembly of First Nations (National)
AFS: Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy
AFSAR: Aboriginal Funds for Species at Risk
AICFI: Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative
AMAC: Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee
APC: Atlantic Policy Congress
APCFNC: Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs
ATK: Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge
ATP: Allocation Transfer Program
B:
BCAFN: BC Assembly of First Nations
BC SRIF: BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund
BDT: Business Development Team
C:
CCFAM: Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers
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
CIRNAC: Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
CNWA: Canadian Navigable Waters Act
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
CSPI: Southern BC Chinook Strategic Planning Initiative
CSTC: Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
CTAC: Canadian Total Allowable Catch
CTC: Chinook Technical Committee
CU: Conservation Unit
CWT: Coded Wire Tag
D:
DFO: Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
DU: Designatable Unit
E:
EC: Executive Committee
ECC: Economic Coordinating 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:
FAIAP: Finfish Aquaculture Industry Advisory Panel
“Forum”: Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon
FAO: Fisheries and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FBC: Fraser Basin Council
FFHPP: Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program
FLNRORD: Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development (Province of BC)
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
FRAFS: Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat
FRSSI: Fraser River Sockeye Spawning Initiative
FRP: Fraser River Panel
FSC: Food Social Ceremonial (community fisheries)
FSMC: Fraser Salmon Management Council
I:
IFMP: Integrated Fisheries Management Plan
IHPC: Integrated Harvest Planning Committee
IK: Indigenous Knowledge
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: Indigenous Services Canada
IYS: International Year of the Salmon
J:
JTWG: Joint Technical Working Group
L:
LFFA: Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
LOU: Letter of Understanding
LRP: Limit Reference Point
M:
MIRR: Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
MOECCS: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (Province of BC)
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MPA: Marine Protected Area
MSC: Marine Stewardship Council
MSF: Mark Selective Fishery
MSY: Maximum Sustainable Yield
N:
NAWG: National Aquaculture Working Group (AFN)
NBBC: Native Brotherhood of British Columbia
NCSFNSS: North Coast Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
NFA: Native Fishing Association
NFC: National Fisheries Committee (AFN)
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
NHQ: National Headquarters (DFO)
NICFI: Northern Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative
NIFI: National Indigenous Fisheries Institute
NPAFC: North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
NWIFC: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (USA)
O:
OHSAR: Oceans, Habitat and Species at Risk
ONA: Okanagan Nation Alliance
P:
PBS: Pacific Biological Station (DFO)
PICFI: Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative
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
R:
RDG: Regional Director General (DFO)
RFO: Regional Fisheries Organization
RHQ: Regional Headquarters (DFO)
S:
SAIAP: Shellfish Aquaculture Industry Advisory Panel
SARA: Species At Risk Act
SCC: 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
SPI: Strategic Partnerships Initiative
SSHRC: Social Science and Humanities Research Council
T:
TAC: Total Allowable Catch
TAM: Total Allowable Mortality
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
W:
WCVI: West Coast Vancouver Island
WFF: Water for Fish (FNFC Freshwater Program)
WSA: BC Water Sustainability Act
WSP: Wild Salmon Policy
