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Acronyms in Fisheries

A Annual Mortality

ABC Allowable Biological Catch

AP Advisory Panel

C/E Catch Per Unit of Effort

CPUE Catch Per Unit of Effort

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

ESO Economics and Statistics Office

F Fishing Mortality

FCMA Fishery Conservation and management Act

FCZ Fishery Conservation Zone

FMC Fishery Management Council

FMP Fishery Management Plan

GLM General Linear Model

GSI Gonosomatic Index

ITQ Individual Transferable Quota

mm Millimeter

M Natural Mortality

MEY Maximum Economic Yield

MRFSS Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey

MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

OY Optimum Yield

q Catchability Coefficient

RD Regional Director

RIR Regulatory Impact Review

s Survival Rate

SAFE Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report

SEFC Southeast Fisheries Center

SPR Spawning Potential Ratio

SSBR Spawning Stock Biomass Per Recruit

SSC Scientific and Statistical Advisory Committee

TAC Total Allowable Catch

TALFF Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing

TIP Trip Interview Program

VPA Virtual Population Analysis

z Intrinsic Rate of Increase

Z Total Mortality

Z' Disappearance

Last updated: September 7, 2005

Today's Catch

Hookers Ball VIII - August 16th.

See the boats unload and visit the Hosts at the Chatham Fish Pier!

Report the tagged fish and receive a prize!

If you catch a haddock or cod with a tag:

• Record

• Call (toll-free): 1-866-447-2111 or e-mail: tagging@gmri.org
• Remove and mail the tag
• Receive your reward!
• Visit our tagging webpage for more information