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Appendix D Acronyms ACCSP Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program ASA American Statistical Association ASAP age-structured analysis program ASMFC Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission BRD bycatch reduction device CCS Catch Card Survey CPFV commercial passenger fishing vessel CPUE catch per unit effort CRFS California Recreational Fisheries Survey DAMARS Designs and Models for Aquatic Resource Surveys EIA Energy Information Administration EPA Environmental Protection Agency FHS For-Hire Survey ft feet GIS Geographic Information System GMFMC Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council GPS Global Positioning System HPUE harvest per unit effort 185
186 APPENDIX D IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning Model in inch IRG independent research group kg kilogram lbs pounds LPS Large Pelagic Survey m meter MMS Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Program MRFSS Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey MSE mean square error mt metric ton NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service NRC National Research Council NRCS National Resources Conservation Service NRI National Resources Inventory NSF National Science Foundation ORBS Oregon Recreational Boat Survey OSP Ocean Sampling Program OY optimum yield PacFIN Pacific Coast Fisheries Information Network PCS Party Charter Survey PFMC Pacific Fishery Management Council PSMFC Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission PSSP Puget Sound Sampling Program RDD random digit dialing RecFIN Recreational Fisheries Information Network RTC Recreational Technical Committee SEAMAP Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Popula- tions SEBS Shore and Estuary Boat Survey SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review SEFSC Southeast Fisheries Science Center
APPENDIX D 187 STAR Science and Technology to Achieve Results STAR Panel Stock Assessment Review Panel STARMAP Space-Time Aquatic Resources Modeling and Analysis Program SWHS Sport Fish Statewide Harvest Survey TED turtle exclusion device TIP trip interview program TPWD Texas Parks and Wildlife Department VPA Virtual Population Analysis VDTS Vessel Directory Telephone Survey VTR Vessel Trip Report WDFW Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife