1 Abbreviations
AIS Automatic Identification System
APA Awards in predefined areas
ACAP Arctic Contaminants Action Program (Arctic Council working group)
AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (Arctic Council working group)
CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (Arctic Council working group)
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CLCS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
EEA Agreement on the European Economic Area
EMSA European Maritime Safety Agency
EPPR Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (Arctic Council working group)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GDP Gross domestic product
HELCOM Helsinki Commission
HSE Health, safety and environment regulations
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
IMO International Maritime Organization
IUU fishing Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
IWC International Whaling Commission
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MPA Marine Protected Area
NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NEAFC North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
NOFO Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies
o.e. Oil equivalent
OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
PAME Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (Arctic Council working group)
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
SEAPOP SEAbird POPulations monitoring programme
SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
TBT Tributyl tin
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
QSR 2010 Quality Status Report (OSPAR)