ACGF | Arctic Coast Guard Forum |
ACNV | Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices project |
AECO | Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators |
AIRSS | Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System |
AIS | automatic identification system |
AMSA | Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment |
ANPF | Arctic and Northern Policy Framework |
AOPS | Arctic and offshore patrol ship |
ASD | alternative service delivery |
ASSPPR | Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations |
ASWG | Arctic Security Working Group (Canada) |
AWPPA | Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act |
CAF | Canadian Armed Forces |
CASARA | Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (Canada) |
CBO | community-based organization |
CBSA | Canadian Border Services Agency |
CCG | Canadian Coast Guard |
CCGA | Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary |
CDEM | construction, design, equipment and crewing |
CDSS | Centre for Defence and Security Studies (Canada) |
CEAA 2012 | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 |
CHNL | Center for High North Logistics (Russia) |
CHS | Canadian Hydrographic Service |
CIRNAC | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
CIS | Canadian Ice Service |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMAC | Canadian Marine Advisory Council |
COLREGS | Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea |
CPR | command and control regulation |
CPSO | community public safety office |
CSA 2001 | Canada Shipping Act, 2001 |
CSMA | culturally significant marine area |
CTA | Canada Transportation Act |
DEW Line | Distant Early Warning Line |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) | |
DND | Department of National Defence (Canada) |
EBSA | ecologically and biologically significant area |
ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada |
EEZ | exclusive economic zone |
FPIC | free, prior and informed consent |
FSA | formal safety assessment |
GAIRS | generally accepted international rules and standards |
GHG | greenhouse gases |
GSAR | ground search and rescue |
HFO | heavy fuel oil |
HRC | Human Rights Committee (ICCPR) |
IAA | Impact Assessment Act |
IACS | International Association of Classification Societies |
ICC | Inuit Circumpolar Council |
ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICPC | Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee |
IFA | Inuvialuit Final Agreement |
IIBA | Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMA | Inuit Management Authority |
IMMP | Inuit Marine Monitoring Program |
IMO | International Maritime Organization |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance |
ITK | Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami |
ITLOS | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
IUU | illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
JRCC | Joint Rescue Coordination Centre |
JSS | joint support ship |
LISC | low-impact shipping corridor |
LOSC | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
M | nautical mile |
MAJAID | Major Air Disaster |
MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
MCTS | Marine Communications and Traffic Services |
MDA | maritime domain awareness |
Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO) | |
MMIWG | National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls |
MPA | marine protected area |
MRO | mass rescue operation |
MSC | Maritime Safety Committee (IMO) |
MSOC | Marine Security Operations Centre |
MTSA | Marine Transportation Security Act |
NAFO | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NAVWARNs | Navigational Warnings |
NEAFC | North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
NEB | National Energy Board |
NGO | non-governmental organization |
NIRB | Nunavut Impact Review Board |
NMC | Nunavut Marine Council |
NMCA | National Marine Conservation Area |
NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
NORDREG | Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations |
NOTMAR | Notice to Mariners |
NOTSHIP | Notice to Shipping |
NPC | Nunavut Planning Commission |
NSA | Nunavut Settlement Area |
NSR | Northern Sea Route |
NSRA | Northern Sea Route Administration |
NSS | National Shipbuilding Strategy (Canada) |
NuPPAA | Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act |
NWP | Northwest Passage |
NWT | Northwest Territories |
OFSV | offshore fisheries science vessel |
OOSV | offshore oceanographic science vessel |
OPP | Oceans Protection Plan |
PAME | Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (Arctic Council) |
PBM | Permanent Bilateral Mechanism |
PHAC | Public Health Agency of Canada |
POLARIS | Polar Operational Limit Assessment Risk Indexing System |
PVM | Proactive Vessel Management |
PVRC | Private Vessel Remote Clearance project |
PWOM | Polar Waters Operations Manual |
Royal Canadian Air Force | |
RCAP | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples |
RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
RCN | Royal Canadian Navy |
RJOC | Regional Joint Operation Centre |
SAR | search and rescue |
SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
SOPF | Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund |
SSCZ | Shipping Safety Control Zone |
STCW | International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers |
TC | Transport Canada |
TRC | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada |
TSB | Transportation Safety Board of Canada |
TTX | tabletop exercise |
UNCLOS | United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea |
UNDRIPA | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act |
UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
USCG | United States Coast Guard |
VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
VOI | vessels of interest |
WAHVA | Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act |
YESAA | Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act |