Appendix 1 – Abbreviations and Additional Resources

by Contact on 30 October 2026

1.1 Abbreviations

Abbreviations	Term
AB	Accreditation Body
ABM	Area-based management
ADCP	Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
AF	Ablation free
AMA	Area management agreement
AMBI	AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index
ASC	Aquaculture Stewardship Council
ASFIS	Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System
ASI	Assurance Services International
ATE	Adverse turnover events
BHQ	Benthic Habitat Quality
BOD	Biological oxygen demand
BQI	Benthic Quality Index
CAB	Conformity Assessment Body
CAR	Certification and Accreditation Requirements
CFA	Continuous flow analysis
Chl-a	Chlorophyll-a concentration
CIA	Critically Important Antimicrobials
CO₂e	Carbon dioxide equivalent
CoC	Chain of Custody
CRM	Certified reference material
CT	Clearance time
DCS	Doppler Current Sensors
DDDO	Daily diurnal dissolved oxygen
DHA	Docosahexaenoic acid
DO	Dissolved oxygen
eFCR	Economic Feed Conversion Ratio
EICAT	Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa
EL	Entry level
EPA	Eicosapentaenoic acid
EQS	Ecological quality status
ERA	Environmental risk assessment
ES	Enrichment Stage
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FFDR	Forage fish dependency ratio
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GL	Global level
GMO	Genetically modified organism
HAB	Harmful algal bloom
HCVA	High conservation value area
HIE	Hydrodynamically isolated embayment
HMP	Handling Management Plan
HRT	Hydraulic retention time
HSRA	Health and safety risk assessment
HWMP	Health and Welfare Management Plan
IAF	International Accreditation Forum
IBE	Institute of Business Ethics
IDH	Sustainable Trade Initiative
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IPMP	Integrated parasite management plan
ISI	Indicator Species Index
ISEAL	International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
MLA	Multilateral recognition arrangement
MP	Management plan
MPA	Marine Protected Area
MRL	Maximum residue limits
MSC	Marine Stewardship Council
MSCI	Marine Stewardship Council Licensing Team
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NQI	Norwegian Quality Index
NSI	Norwegian Sensitivity Index
OHCHR	Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
ORP	Oxidation reduction potential
PA	Protected area
PAW	Positive Animal Welfare
PIC	The Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent
PL	Post-larvae
POP	The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
PPE	Personal protective equipment
PPP	Phytoplankton primary production
PPT	Primary production time
PRE	Protein Retention Efficiency
RAS	Re-circulating aquaculture system
RT	Retention time
RW	Receiving waterbody
SAOB	Sulfide Anti-Oxidant Buffer
SD	Secchi disk
SDG	Sustainable Development Goal
SDS	Safety data sheet
TAG	Technical Advisory Group
TAN	Total ammonia nitrogen
TC	Total carbon concentration
TN	Total nitrogen concentration
TOR	Terms of Reference
TP	Total phosphorus concentration
TSS	Total suspended solids
UDHR	Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNGP	UN Guiding Principles On Business and Human Rights
UoC	Unit of Certification
VR	Variance Request
WEMP	Water Efficiency Management Plan
WHO	World Health Organisation
WNMT	Weighted number of medicinal treatments
WOAH	World Organisation for Animal Health
WQAC	Water Quality Advisory Committee
WQMN	Water Quality Monitoring Network
WUM	Waterbody unit of management

1.2 ILO Conventions

Number	Year	Title	ASC Farm Standard Criterion
Eleven Fundamental Instruments relating to ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
29	1930	Forced Labour Convention	3.2
29	2014	2014 Protocol to Forced Labour Convention	3.2
87	1948	Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention	3.6
98	1949	Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention	3.6
100	1951	Equal Remuneration Convention	3.4
105	1957	Abolition of Forced Labour Convention	3.2
111	1958	Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention	3.4
138	1973	Minimum Age Convention	3.3
155	1981	Occupational Safety and Health Convention	3.5, 3.10
182	1999	Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention	3.3
187	2006	Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention	3.5
Other Conventions
95	1949	Protection of Wages Convention	3.2, 3.8
131	1970	Minimum Wage Fixing Convention	3.8
132	1970	Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised)	3.9
135	1971	Workers’ Representatives Convention	3.6
155	1981	Occupational Safety and Health Convention	3.5
156	1981	Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention	3.4
161	1985	Occupational Health Services Convention	3.5
169	1989	Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention	3.13
170	1990	Chemicals Convention	3.5
171	1990	Night Work Convention	3.9
181	1997	Private Employment Agencies Convention	3.2
183	2000	Maternity Protection Convention	3.8
184	2001	Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention	3.5
190	2019	Violence and Harassment Convention	3.4, 3.10
R115	1961	Workers’ Housing Recommendation	3.11
R116	1962	Reduction of Hours of Work Recommendation	3.9
R130	1967	Examination of Grievances Recommendation	3.12
R198	2006	Employment Relationship Recommendation	3.7

1.3 Other conventions and declarations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

OHCHR Convention on the Rights of the Child

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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Appendix 1 – Abbreviations and Additional Resources