| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
| BWM | Ballast Water Management |
| BWMC | Ballast Water Management Convention |
| BWMS | Ballast Water Management System |
| BWTS | Ballast Water Treatment System |
| CICES | Common International Classification for Ecosystem Services |
| CMEMS | Copernicus Marine Environment Service |
| CPC | Central Product Classification |
| DGMARE | Directorate-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries |
| DGMP | Portugal’s Directorate-General for Maritime Policy |
| EC | European Commission |
| eDNA | Environmental DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EFESE | Evaluation française des écosystèmes et des services écosystémiques |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMODnet | European Marine Data Observation Network |
| ENOW | US Economics: National Ocean Watch |
| EO | Earth Observation |
| EOV | Essential ocean variable |
| EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESA | European System of Accounts |
| ESCAP | UN Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific |
| EU | European Union |
| EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| EuroGOOS | European Ocean Observing System |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |
| GEO | Group of Earth Observations |
| GEOSS | Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GOC | Global Ocean Commission |
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| GWEC | Global Wind Energy Council |
| HAB-OFS | Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System |
| HABs | Harmful Algal Blooms |
| ICSU | International Council for Science |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| Ifremer | French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| IMOS | Integrated Marine Observing System of Australia |
| IMP | Integrated Maritime Policy |
| IMTA | Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO) |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange |
Programme (IOC) | |
| IOOS | US Integrated Ocean Observing System |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities |
| MaREI | Marine and Renewable Energy in Ireland |
| MARSIC | Marine Autonomous and Robotics Innovation Centre |
| MAS | Marker-Assisted Sequencing |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| MRE | Marine Renewable Energy |
| MSP | Marine Spatial Planning |
| NACE | General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the |
European Communities | |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NOAA | US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OFI | Ocean Frontier Institute |
| ORE | Offshore Renewable Energy |
| OSPAR | Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the |
North-East Atlantic | |
| PLOCAN | Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands |
| PRIs | Public Research Institutes |
| ROV | Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle |
| SAIC | Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre |
| SAS | Satellite Account for the Sea |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEEA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting |
| SEEA-CF | System of Environmental-Economic Accounts – Central Framework |
| SEEA-EEA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounts – Experimental |
Ecosystem Accounting | |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SUTs | Supply and Use Tables |
| TEEB | The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity |
| TRL | Technological Readiness Level |
| UNESCO | UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNSC | United Nations Statistical Commission |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
Rethinking Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy
