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Acronym
Meaning
ACE
ACFM
AFBI NI
AGMACs
AGMACs
AOMA
AQC
ICES - Advisory Committee Ecosystems
ICES - Advisory Committee Fisheries Management
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Advisory Group on Marine & Coastal Strategy
Advisory Group Marine Coastal Strategy (of SE ministers) recently folded
AOMA - Association of Operational Marine Agency
Analytical Quality Control
free-drifting profiling floats that measure the temperature and salinity of the
upper 2000m of the ocean
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North
British Antarctic Survey
OSPAR Biodiversity Committee
British Geological Survey
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Biodiversity Research Advisory Group
Co-operative Arrangement for Research on Ocean Science
Convention on Biological Diversity
Circumpolar Seabird Working Group
Countryside Council for Wales
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
European Committee for Standardization (Comite Europeen de
Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
Census of Marine Life
Council of Parties
Committee on Shipping Hydrography
Charting Progress 2
Continuous Plankton Recorder
Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme
Central Sciences Laboratory
Coastal Sea Levels
Clean Safe Seas Evidence Group
Data Buoy Co-operation Panel
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions
Defence Procurement Agency
Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, Response model for indicators
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Department for Trade and Industry
Environment Agency
Ecotoxicological Assessment Criteria
European Community
Ecological Quality Objectives
European Directory of the Ocean-observing System
European Environment Agency
English Heritage
Environment and Heritage Service
Argo floats (buoys)
ASCOBANS
BAS
BDC
BGS
BODC
BRAG
CAROS
CBD
CBIRD
CCW
CEFAS
CEN
CITES
CoML
COP
COSH
CP2
CPR
CSEMP
CSL
CSL
CSSEG
DBCP
Defra
DETR
DPA
DPSIR
DSTL
DTI
EA
EAC
EC
EcoQOs
EDIOS
EEA
EH
EHS
EIA
EMMA
ERFF
ERSEM
ERMS
ESA
ESAS
ESF
ESSC
EU
Euro GOOS
FAO
FEPA
FRS
FSA
GAC
GCOS
GEOS
GES
GESAMP
GHG
GISP
GMES
GMO
GOOS
GOOS AG
GWCC
HAB
HadISST
HSE
IACMST
IAGC
IAMMWG
ICES
IDF
IFAW
IGOOS
IA-MMG
IMO
INSPIRE
IOC
IPR
IPT
IRFC
ISSG
IUCN
IWC
Environmental Impact Assessment
European Marine Monitoring & Assessment
Environment Research Funders Forum
European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model
European Register of Marine Species
European Space Agency
European Seabirds at Sea group
European Science Foundation
Environmental Systems Science Centre
European Union
European Global Ocean Observing System
Food and Agriculture Organisation
Food and Environment Protection Act
Fisheries Research Services
Food Standards Agency
GMES Advisory Council
Global Climate Observing System
Global Environmental & Ocean Sciences
Good Environmental Status
Group of Experts for the Scientific Assessment of Marine Pollution
Greenhouse Gases
Global Invasive Species Project
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
Genetically Modified Organism
Global Ocean Observing System
Global Ocean Observing System Action Group
Global Warming and large-scale Climate Change
Harmful Algal Bloom
Hadley Centre Global sea-Ice coverage and SST
Health and Safety Executive
Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
International Association of Geophysical Contractors
Inter-agency Marine Mammal Working Group
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Indicator Description Form
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International Global Ocean Observing System
Inter-Agency Marine Monitoring Group
International Maritime Organisation
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Intellectual Property Rights
Integrated Project Team for the DPA
Industry Research Funders Coalition
Invasive Species Specialist Group
The World Conservation Union
International Whaling Commission
IZCM
JNCC
JCOMM
LargeNet
MAPC
MarBEF
MARG
MarinERA
MBA
MCA
MCCIP
MCCIP ARC
MCEU
MCR
MCS
MCS
MDIP
MECN
MEDAG
MEDIN
MEO
MEQ
MERSEA
MESH
MFF
MHS
MMAS
MMCG
MMO
MNR
MoD
MPA
MPC
MSD
MTT
NAO
NATO
NAW
NAWAD
NCOF
NE
NERC
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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Meteorology
Large scale and long term networking on the observation of Global Change
and its impact on Marine Biodiversity (LargeNET) which is a Marine
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence (MarBEF)
Marine Assessment Policy Committee
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Marine Assessment and Reporting Group
Project funded by the EU FP6 ERA-NET Scheme (2004-2008), set up to
improve collaboration and coordination between national and regional marine
research programmes (responding to accidental marine pollution - modelling long term monitoring of oil/chemical spills)
Marine Biological Association
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Marine Climate Change Information Partnership
MCCIP Annual Report Card
Maritime Consents and Environment Unit
Marine and Coastal Resources
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Core Service
Marine Data Information Partnership
Marine Environmental Change Network
Marine Environment Data Action Group
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Marine Ecosystem Objective
Marine Environmental Quality
Marine Environment and Security for the European Area
Mapping European Seabed Habitats
Marine Fish and Fisheries
Marine Habitats and Species
Marine Monitoring and Assessment
Marine Monitoring Coordination Group
Marine Monitoring Organisation
Marine Nature Reserves
Ministry of Defence
Marine Protected Areas
Marine Processes and Climate
Marine Strategy Directive
Marine Task Team (WFD) for UK & RoI
North Atlantic Oscillation
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department
National Centre for Ocean Forecasting
Natural England
Natural Environment Research Council
NGO
NMMP
NOAA
NOCS
NRC
NWOOS
OECD
OSPAR
PML
POGO
POL
POLCOMS
PSEG
QUASIMEME
QSR
R&D
REGNS
Regional OOSs
RMNC
ROV
SAC
SAHFOS
SAMS
SE
SEA
SEIS
SEPA
SFPA
SMBRCG
SMRU
SNH
SPA
SSB
SSSI
SSTF
UK BRAG
UK NRL
UKBAP
UKCS
UKDMOS
UKHO
UKOOA
UNEP
UNCLOS
WDCS
WFD
Non-Governmental Organisation
National Marine Monitoring Programme
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
National Research Council
North West Ocean Observing System
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Oslo Paris Commission
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System
Productive Seas Evidence Group
Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in
Qualtiy status report
Research and Development
ICES Study Group for Regional Integrated Assessment of the North Sea
Regional Ocean Observing Systems
Review of Marine Nature Conservation
Remotely Operated Vehicle
Special Areas of Conservation
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Scottish Executive
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Shared Environmental Information System
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Scottish Marine Biodiversity Research Coordination Group
Sea Mammal Research Unit
Scottish Natural Heritage
Special Protection Areas
Spawning Stock Biomass
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Scottish Sustainable Seas Task Force
UK Biodiversity Research Advisory Group
UK National Reference Laboratory for Marine biotoxins phytoplankton group
(shellfish hygiene directive)
UK Biodiversity Action Plan
UK Continental Shelf
UK Directory of Marine Observing Systems
UK Hydrographic Office
UK Oil and Gas Association
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Water Framework Directive
WGHABD
WGICZM
WGICZM
WGMHM
WGMME
WGSE
WISE
WMO
WSSD
WTO
ICES - Working Group Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics
ICES - Working Group on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
ICES - Working Group on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
ICES - Working Group on Marine Habitat mapping
ICES - Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology
ICES - Working Group on Seabird Ecology
Water Information System for Europe
World Meterological Organisation
World Summit on Sustainable Development
World Trade Organisation