include acronyms from NMFS NOAA Stock Assessment Improvement Plan

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Problem

Some of the acronyms in the update to the NMFS NOAA Stock Assessment Improvement Plan are not included in the glossary.

Proposed solution

Add the following acronyms to the glossary if they are not already included:

• ABC—Acceptable Biological Catch
• ACLs—Annual Catch Limits
• ADF&G—Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• ADMB—Auto Differentiated Model Builder
• AFSC—Alaska Fisheries Science Center
• AKFIN—Alaska Fisheries Information Network
• AKRO—Alaska Regional Office
• APECS—Assessment Profile, Ecosystem Considerations and Socioeconomics
• ASMFC—Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
• BS/AI—Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
• BSIA—Best Scientific Information Available
• CESUs—Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units
• CFMC—Caribbean Fishery Management Council
• CIE—Center for Independent Experts
• CIs—Cooperative Institutes
• CPUE—Catch Per Unit Effort
• CWA—Clean Water Act
• CZMA—Coastal Zone Management Act
• EBFM—Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
• EBS—Eastern Bering Sea
• ELI—Ecosystem Linkage Index
• EM/ER—Electronic Monitoring and Electronic Reporting
• ESA—Endangered Species Act
• FIS—Fisheries Information System
• FSSI—Fish Stock Sustainability Index
• GARFO—Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
• GMFMC—Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
• GOA—Gulf of Alaska
• GSMFC—Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
• HAIP—Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan
• HMS—Highly Migratory Species
• IEAs—Integrated ecosystem assessments
• IUU—Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported fishing
• LMRCSC—Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
• MAFMC—Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
• MARMAP—Marine Resource Monitoring and Assessment Program
• MFMT—Maximum Fishing Mortality Threshold
• MMPA—Marine Mammal Protection Act
• MREP—Marine Resource Education Program
• MRFSS—Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey
• MRIP—Marine Recreation Information Program
• MSA—Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
• MSE—Management Strategy Evaluation
• MSST—Minimum Stock Size Threshold
• MSY—Maximum Sustainable Yield
• NCSS—National Climate Science Strategy
• NEAMAP—Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program
• NEFMC—New England Fishery Management Council
• NEFSC—Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act
• NGSA—Next Generation Stock Assessment
• NPFMC—North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• NRC—National Research Council
• NRCC—Northeast Regional Coordinating Council
• NS1—National Standard 1
• NWFSC—Northwest Fisheries Science Center
• OFL—Overfishing Limit
• PFMC—Pacific Fishery Management Council
• PIFSC—Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
• PIRO—Pacific Islands Regional Office
• PRSAIP—Protected Resources Stock Assessment Improvement Plan
• QA/QC—Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• QUEST—Quantitative Ecology and Socioeconomics Training Program
• RFMOs—Regional Fishery Management Organizations
• RTR—Research Training and Recruitment
• SAFE—Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
• SAFMC—South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
• SAIP—Stock Assessment Improvement Plan
• SAM—State-Space Assessment Model
• SAW/SARC—Stock Assessment Workshop/Stock Assessment Review Committee
• SCAA—Statistical Catch-At-Age
• SEDAR—Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review
• SEFIS—Southeast Fishery Independent Survey
• SEFSC—Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• SERO—Southeast Regional Office
• SSC—Scientific and Statistical Committee
• STAR—Stock Assessment Review
• SWFSC—Southwest Fisheries Science Center
• TMB—Template Model Builder
• ToR—Terms of Reference
• UNOLS—University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
• WCR—West Coast Region
• WPFMC—Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
• WPSAR—Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review

Potential problems

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