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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 g p y 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