ACRONYMS
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CBO | Community-Based Organisation |
| CCAD | Central American Commission for Environment and Development |
| CEP | Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP) |
| CERMES | Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies |
| CFMC | Caribbean Fisheries Management Council |
| CITES | Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species |
| CLME | Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem |
| CLME+ | Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME Project) |
| CRFM | Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
| DSS | Decision Support system |
| EAF | Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries |
| EBM | Ecosystem-based Management |
| EcoQO | Ecosystem Quality Objective (CLME SAP) |
| FAO-WECAFC | Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations - Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GPA | Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities |
| ICCAT | International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna |
| ICM | Integrated Coastal Management |
| IGO | Inter-Governmental Organisation |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
| IOCARIBE | IOC UNESCO Sub-commission for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions |
| IUU | Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing |
| IWEco | Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystem Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF) |
| LBS | Protocol concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (Cartagena Convention) |
| LME | Large Marine Ecosystem |
| LMR | Living Marine Resources (CLME Project) |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MCS | Monitoring, Control and Surveillance |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| MSY | Maximum Sustainable Yield |
| NAP | National Action Plan |
| NBSLME | North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NPOA | National Plans of Action |
| OECS | Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OSP | Oil Spills Protocol (Cartagena Convention) |
| OSPESCA | Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organisation |
| REMP | Regional Environmental/Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (CLME Project) |
| RFMO | Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
| RGF | Regional Governance Framework (CLME Project) |
| SAP | Strategic Action Programme (CLME Project) |
| SBO | Societal Benefits Objective (CLME SAP) |
| SD | Strategic Direction (CLME SAP) |
| SGP | Small Grants Programme (GEF) |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| sLMR | shared Living Marine Resources (CLME Project) |
| SPAW | Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol (Cartagena Convention) |
| TDA | Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (CLME Project) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNOPS | United Nations Office for Project Services |
| UWI | University of the West Indies |
| WCR | Wider Caribbean Region |
| WRI | World Resource Institute |
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EMAIL: info@clmeproject.org