Marine protected areas for whales, dolphins, and porpoises: a world ...

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xv
GBRMP Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
GIS geographic information systems (for mapping)
HELCOM Helsinki Convention (Convention for the Protection of the
Baltic Environment against All Forms of Pollution)
HSMPA high-seas MPA
HSUS Humane Society of the United States
I island
ICRAM Instituto Centrale per la Ricerca Applicata al Mare (Italy)
ICRW International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare
IMO International Maritime Organization
INEFAN National Institute of Forests and Natural Protected Areas
(Ecuador)
IOMAC Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation
ISACH Indian and South Atlantic Consortium on the Humpback
Whale
IUCN The World Conservation Union
IWC International Whaling Commission
IWDG Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
LME large marine ecosystem
MAB Man and the Biosphere Programme (Unesco)
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships (IMO convention)
MCEA Convention for the Protection, Management and
Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the
Eastern African Region
MEP Marine Environmental Police (US)
MPA marine protected area
MR marine region
MWA marine wildlife area (Canada)
NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NGO non-governmental organization
NIPAS National Integrated Protected Areas System (Philippines)
NMCA national marine conservation area (Canada)
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
NMS national marine sanctuary (US)
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
NPAC Natural Protected Areas Commission
NRSMPA National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
(Australia)
NWA national wildlife area (Canada)
NWR National Wildlife Refuge (US)
OBIS Ocean Biogeographic Information System
OSPAR Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment in the Northeast Atlantic
PA protected area
PAME Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (Arctic Marine
Region)