---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 600.15"
title: "50"
number: "600.15"
heading: "Other acronyms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/600.15"
---

# §600.15. Other acronyms.

- (a) **Fishery management terms.**
  - (1) **ABC—** acceptable biological catch
  - (2) **ATCA—** Atlantic Tunas Convention Act
  - (3) **BFT—** (Atlantic bluefin tuna) means the subspecies of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus thynnus, or a part thereof, that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
  - (4) BSD means the ICCAT bluefin tuna statistical document.
  - (5) CCC-Council coordination committee
  - (6) **DAH—** estimated domestic annual harvest
  - (7) **DAP—** estimated domestic annual processing
  - (8) **EIS—** environmental impact statement
  - (9) **EY—** equilibrium yield
  - (10) FIAC-Fishing industry advisory committee
  - (11) **FMP—** fishery management plan
  - (12) ICCAT means the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
  - (13) **JVP—** joint venture processing
  - (14) **MSY—** maximum sustainable yield
  - (15) **PMP—** preliminary FMP
  - (16) **TAC—** total allowable catch
  - (17) **TALFF—** total allowable level of foreign fishing
- (b) **Legislation.**
  - (1) **APA—** Administrative Procedure Act
  - (2) **CZMA—** Coastal Zone Management Act
  - (3) **ESA—** Endangered Species Act
  - (4) **FACA—** Federal Advisory Committee Act
  - (5) **FOIA—** Freedom of Information Act
  - (6) **FLSA—** Fair Labor Standards Act
  - (7) **MMPA—** Marine Mammal Protection Act
  - (8) **MPRSA—** Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
  - (9) **NEPA—** National Environmental Policy Act
  - (10) **PA—** Privacy Act
  - (11) **PRA—** Paperwork Reduction Act
  - (12) **RFA—** Regulatory Flexibility Act
- (c) **Federal agencies.**
  - (1) **CEQ—** Council on Environmental Quality
  - (2) **DOC—** Department of Commerce
  - (3) **DOI—** Department of the Interior
  - (4) **DOS—** Department of State
  - (5) **EPA—** Environmental Protection Agency
  - (6) **FWS—** Fish and Wildlife Service
  - (7) **GSA—** General Services Administration
  - (8) **NMFS—** National Marine Fisheries Service
  - (9) **NOAA—** National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  - (10) **OMB—** Office of Management and Budget
  - (11) **OPM—** Office of Personnel Management
  - (12) **SBA—** Small Business Administration
  - (13) **USCG—** United States Coast Guard

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 7073, Feb. 12, 1998; 64 FR 29134, May 28, 1999; 75 FR 59149, Sept. 27, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 7073, Feb. 12, 1998; 64 FR 29134, May 28, 1999; 75 FR 59149, Sept. 27, 2010]