North Sea Herring Fisheries Management Plan

Abbreviations

NSAS – North Sea Autumn Spawning (herring stock)

ASH – Atlanto-Scandian herring

Blim – Biomass Limit reference point

B_PA – Precautionary biomass reference point

Btrigger - Maximum Sustainable Yield Biomass trigger

BMP – Bycatch Monitoring Programme

CEFAS – Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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 UK

EBFM – Ecosystem‑Based Fisheries Management

EEZ – Exclusive Economic Zone

FMP – Fisheries Management Plan

FMSY – Fishing mortality consistent with Maximum Sustainable Yield

GES – Good Environmental Status

HCR – Harvest Control Rule

ICES – International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

JFS – Joint Fisheries Statement

JNCC – Joint Nature Conservation Committee

LTMS – Long-Term Management Strategy

MCRS – Minimum Conservation Reference Size

MCS – Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

MMO – Marine Management Organisation

MPA – Marine Protected Area

MSY – Maximum Sustainable Yield

NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation

NRW – Natural Resources Wales

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

PMF – Priority Marine Feature

REM – Remote Electronic Monitoring

SAC – Special Area of Conservation

SPA – Special Protection Area

SPISDCP – Scottish Pelagic Industry‑Science Data Collection Programme

SSB – Spawning Stock Biomass

SNCB – Statutory Nature Conservation Body

TAC – Total Allowable Catch

UKMS – UK Marine Strategy

VMS – Vessel Monitoring System