The ISSF Glossary defines terms that appear in ISSF reports and on this site. We used the following publications and sources to compile the glossary.
Anon. (2018). Glossary of Terms for Harvest Strategies, Management Procedures, and Management Strategy Evaluation. Report of the 2018 Joint tuna RFMO Management Strategy Evaluation Working Group Meeting in Seattle, USA – 13-15 June 2018.
Cadima, E.L. Fish Stock Assessment Manual (2003). FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 393. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 161 pp. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/x8498e/x8498e00.pdf
FAO (2009). A Fishery Manager’s Guidebook, 2nd Edition. Cochrane, K.L. and Garcia, S.M. (Eds.)., FAO & Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 518 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4051-7085-7.
FAO (2017). Technical Consultation Session on Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes, Rome, Italy, 4-5 April 2017. http://www.fao.org/fi/static-media/MeetingDocuments/CDS/TC2016/wpAnnex.pdf
FAO (2017). FAO Term Portal. Collections. Fisheries. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/faoterm/collection/fisheries/en/ (last access on 14 July 2017).
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Glossary. https://whichfish.com.au/glossary/
Geoscience Australia. Maritime Boundary Definitions. Geoscience Australia web page. http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/jurisdiction/maritime-boundary-definitions (last access on 14 July 2017).
Global Environment Facility. Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. Global Environment Facility web page. www.thegef.org/gef/ABNJ (last access on 11 September 2017).
Government of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. Fisheries. Glossary. https://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Glossary/Pages/default.aspx
Hampton, J., Leape, G., Nickson, A., Restrepo, V.R., Santiago, J., Agnew, D., Amande, J., Banks, R., Brownjohn, M., Chassot, E., Clarke, R., et al., (2017). What does well‐managed FAD use look like within a tropical purse seine fishery? Joint T-RFMO FAD Working Group Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 19-21 April 2017. Doc. No. j‐FAD_35/2017. https://meetings.iccat.int/index.php/s/VOCt7mjI0aduZCl?path=%2FENG
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (2012).. Acronyms & Terminology. ICES Advice 2012, Book 1.
IOTC (2018). A Glossary of Some Terms Referred to in Presentations and Discussion at the TCMP. 02–2018–TCMP02–INF07[E].
IOTC (2013). Glossary of scientific terms, acronyms and abbreviations, and report terminology. Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, 15 pp. IOTC-2013-WPEB09-INF17. http://www.iotc.org/sites/default/files/documents/2014/02/IOTC-2013-WPEB09-INF17_-_Glossary_and_other_terms.pdf
Itano, D. and D. Kirby (2006). Standardized Fishery Terms to Facilitate Communication within the Scientific Committee and with the WCPFC. WCPFC-SC2-2006/FT WP-5.MSC. Marine Stewardship Council web page. https://www.msc.org/ (last access on 14 September 2017).
IUCN, “IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1” (2012). https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/categories-and-criteria
MSC (2016). Appendix and methods. In: MSC Global Impacts Report 2016. Marine Stewardship Council, London, UK. ISSN 2052-8876. https://www.msc.org/documents/
MSC (2023). MSC-MSCI Vocabulary. Version 1.5, 15 May 2023.
NOAA (2006). Fisheries Glossary, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-69. National Marine Fisheries Service, Maryland, USA, 61 pp. https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st4/documents/FishGlossary.pdf
NOAA (2021). Fishing Gear and Risks to Protected Species. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration web page. https://www.fisheries.noaa.
PEW (2016). Harvest Strategies Glossary. The Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, USA. http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2016/07/harvestglossary_fs_v3.pdf
Restrepo, V.R. (2000). Glossary of Fishery Terms. International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas, 23 pp. http://www.iccat.int/Documents/SCRS/Other/glossary.pdf
Restrepo, V.R., Thompson, G.G., Mace, P.M., Gabriel, W.L., Low, L.L., MacCall, A.D., Methot, R.D., Powers, J.E., Taylor, B.L., Wade, P.R., Witzig J.F. (1998). Technical Guidance on the Use of Precautionary Approaches to Implementing National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-31. National Marine Fisheries Service, Maryland, USA, 54 pp. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/NSGtkgd.pdf
WCPFC (2012). Glossary of Terms. WPCFC Management Objectives Workshop, Manila, Republic of the Philippines, 28-29 November 2012, 2 pp. MOW1-WINF-05. https://www.wcpfc.int/system/files/MOW1-WINF-05-Glossary-Terms.pdf
