| ABNJ | Areas beyond national jurisdictions |
| CCBST | Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
| CCAMLR | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CFP | Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union |
| CMM | Conservation and management measures |
| COFI | OECD Fisheries Committee |
| CSE | Consumer Support Estimate |
| DSI | Direct support to individuals and companies in the fisheries sector |
| EEZ | Exclusive economic zone |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FSE | Fisheries support estimate |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GFCM | General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
| GSSE | General Services Support Estimate |
| ICCAT | International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| IOTC | Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
| INCOPESCA | Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuacultura |
| IPOA-IUU | International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
| IQ | Individual quota |
| ITQ | Individual transferable quota |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IUU | Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
| MCS | Monitoring, control, surveillance |
| MEY | Maximum economic yield |
| MFN | Most favoured nation |
| MLS | Minimum landing size |
| MPS | Market Price Support |
| MSY | Maximum sustainable yield |
| NAFO | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
| NEAFC | North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NPFC | North Pacific Fisheries Commission |
| NTM | Non-tariff measure |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PMS | Payments made by the fisheries sector |
| PSE | Producer Support Estimate |
| PSM | Port State Measures |
| PSMA | Port State Measures Agreement |
| RFMO | Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
| RSN | Regional Fisheries Bodies Secretariats’ Network of the FAO |
| SEAFO | South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation |
| SDG | United Nations Sustainable Development Goal |
| SIMP | Seafood Import Monitoring Program |
| SIOFA | Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement |
| SPRFMO | South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
| SPS | Sanitary and phytosanitary |
| SSS | Support for services to the sector |
| TAC | Total allowable catch |
| TSE | Total Support Estimate |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UVI | Unique vessel identifier |
| VGCDS | Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes |
| VMS | Vessel Monitoring System |
| WCPFC | Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |