Atlanto Scandian Herring Fisheries Management Plan

Abbreviations

ASH – Atlanto‑Scandian Herring

NSS – Norwegian Spring-Spawning (herring)

B_PA - Precautionary Biomass reference point

Blim - Biomass Limit reference point

Btrigger - Maximum Sustainable Yield Biomass trigger

CFP – Common Fisheries Policy

CO₂e – Carbon dioxide equivalent

DAERA – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland

Defra – Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

EEZ – Exclusive Economic Zone

FMP – Fisheries Management Plan

GES – Good Environmental Status

HCR – Harvest Control Rule

ICES – International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

JFS – Joint Fisheries Statement

LTMS – Long-Term Management Strategy

MCRS – Minimum Conservation Reference Size

MPA – Marine Protected Area

MSY – Maximum Sustainable Yield

OSPAR – Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

PMF – Priority Marine Feature

REM – Remote Electronic Monitoring

VMS – Vessel Monitoring System

SSB – Spawning Stock Biomass

WGWIDE – ICES Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks

BMP – Bycatch Monitoring Programme

SPIDSCP – Scottish Pelagic Industry-Science Data Collection Programme

BESS – Barents Sea Ecosystem Survey

SAM – State-Space Assessment Model

SNCB – Statutory Nature Conservation Body

TAC – Total Allowable Catch