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ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

AIS Automatic Identification System

AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

DAMA DAtabank til sikring av MArine operasjoner

DDT Diklordifenyltrikloretan

HELCOM Helsinki Commission

HMS Helse, miljø og sikkerhet

ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

IMO International Maritime Organization

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IUU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

IWC International Whaling Commission

KYBAL Kystberedskap og aksjonsledelse

LME Large Marine Ecosystem

LRIT Long Range Identification and Tracking

LRTAP Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution

MAREANO Marin arealdatabase for norske kyst- og havområder

MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MONBASE MONitoring the BArents Sea Environment

MOSJ Miljøovervåkning for Svalbard og Jan Mayen

NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NAMMCO The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission

NEAFC North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

o.e. oljeekvivalenter

OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PFOS Perfluoroktanylsulfonat

PINRO Det russiske havforskningsinstituttet

POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants

PROOF Langtidsvirkninger av utslipp til sjø fra petroleumsvirksomheten (PROgram for OljeForurensning)

PSSA Particular Sensitive Sea Area

REACH Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals

SA Special Area (etter MARPOL)

SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

SEAPOP Seabird Population Management and Petroleum Operations (overvåkingsprogram for sjøfugl)

SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

TBT Tributyltinn

ULB Utredning av konsekvenser av helårig petroleumsvirksomhet i området Lofoten-Barentshavet

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

VTMIS Vessel Traffic Management and Information System

VTS Vessel Traffic Services