30 Years of shark fishing in west africa - Shark Specialist Group
30 Years of shark fishing in west africa - Shark Specialist Group
30 Years of shark fishing in west africa - Shark Specialist Group
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Abbreviations<br />
and Acronyms<br />
CIPA: Centro de Investigaçao Pesqueira<br />
Aplicada (Centre <strong>of</strong> Applied Fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Research)<br />
CITES: Convention on International Trade<br />
<strong>in</strong> Endangered Species <strong>of</strong> Wild Fauna and<br />
Flora<br />
CMS: Convention on Migratory Species<br />
CNCAS: Caisse nationale du Crédit Agricole<br />
du Sénégal (National Office <strong>of</strong> Crédit<br />
Agricole Bank <strong>in</strong> Senegal)<br />
CNSHB: Centre national des sciences halieutiques<br />
de Boussoura (Boussoura National<br />
Centre for Halieutic Science, Gu<strong>in</strong>ea)<br />
COFI: FAO Committee on Fisheries<br />
CPM: Centre de pêche de Missirah, (Missirah<br />
Fish<strong>in</strong>g Centre, Senegal)<br />
CRODT: Centre de recherches océanographiques<br />
de Dakar-Thiaroye (Centre for<br />
Oceanographic Research, Senegal)<br />
DARO (Direction de l’aménagement des<br />
ressources et de l’océanographie / Directorate<br />
<strong>of</strong> Resources Management and Oceanography)<br />
Demersal Species: Species dwell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
deep sea, like sea bream, white grouper,<br />
meagre, cephalopod mollusks and shellfish,<br />
and certa<strong>in</strong> species <strong>of</strong> rays and <strong>shark</strong>s<br />
DOPM: Direction de l’océanographie et<br />
des pêches maritimes (Directorate <strong>of</strong> Oceanography<br />
and Mar<strong>in</strong>e Fisheries, Senegal)<br />
DPM: Direction des pêches maritimes<br />
(Directorate <strong>of</strong> Mar<strong>in</strong>e Fisheries, Senegal)<br />
EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone<br />
FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture<br />
Organization<br />
FD: Fisheries Department<br />
FIAS: Fisheries Information and Analysis<br />
System<br />
FIBA: Fondation Internationale du Banc<br />
d’Argu<strong>in</strong><br />
GIE: groupement d’<strong>in</strong>térêt économique<br />
(Economic Interest <strong>Group</strong>)<br />
IMAPEC: Mauritanian Fish<strong>in</strong>g Industry<br />
IMROP: Institut mauritanien de recherches<br />
océanographiques et des pêches<br />
(Mauritanian Institute for Oceanographic<br />
and Fisheries Research)<br />
INDP: Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento<br />
das Pescas (National Institute for<br />
Fish<strong>in</strong>g Development)<br />
IPIMAR: Instituto de Investigação das<br />
Pescas et do Mar (Portuguese Institute for<br />
Fish<strong>in</strong>g and Sea Research)<br />
IPOA-<strong>Shark</strong>s: International Plan <strong>of</strong> Action<br />
for the conservation and Management <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Shark</strong>s<br />
IRD: Institut de recherche pour le développement<br />
(Research Institute for Development)<br />
ISRA: Institut sénégalais de recherche<br />
agricole (Senegalese Agricultural Research<br />
Institute)<br />
ISTAM: Improve Scientific and Technical<br />
advices for fisheries Management<br />
IUCN: International Union for the Conservation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Nature<br />
NPOA-<strong>Shark</strong>s: National Action Plan for<br />
the Conservation and Management <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Shark</strong>s<br />
PNBA: Parc National du Banc d’Argu<strong>in</strong><br />
(Banc d’Argu<strong>in</strong> National Park)<br />
PRCM: Programme régional de conservation<br />
de la zone côtière et mar<strong>in</strong>e (Regional<br />
Programme for Coastal and Mar<strong>in</strong>e Conservation<br />
<strong>in</strong> West Africa)<br />
SIGP: Société <strong>in</strong>dustrielle de la grande<br />
pêche (International Deep-Sea Fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Company)<br />
SRPOA-<strong>Shark</strong>s: Sub-Regional Plan <strong>of</strong><br />
Action for the Conservation and Management<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Shark</strong>s<br />
WI: Wetlands International<br />
WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature<br />
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