Glossary

ACPO
Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office

AIFCA
Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities

CEFAS
Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquatic Science

CEO
Chief Executive Officer

DCEO
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Defra
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

EA
Environment Agency

EIFCA
Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

EIFCO
Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Officer

EMS
European Marine Site

ERLG
Eastern Regional Liaison Group

ESFJC
Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee

FPV
Fishery Patrol Vessel

HLO
High Level Objective

HR
Human Resources

ICT
Information Communication and Technology

IFCA
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

IIP
Investors in People

KEIFCA
Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

LCC
Lincolnshire County Council

MaCAA
Marine and Coastal Access Act

MCZ
Marine Conservation Zone

MMO
Marine Management Organisation

MoU
Memorandum of Understanding

MPA
Marine Protected Area

MPASC
Marine Protected Area Sub-Committee

NE
Natural England

NEIFCA
North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

NCC
Norfolk County Council

PCSC
Planning and Communications Sub-Committee

PI
Performance Indicator

PR
Public Relations

RCSC
Regulatory and Compliance Sub-Committee

RSA
Recreational Sea Angling

RV
Research Vessel

SAC
Special Area of Conservation

SC
Success Criteria

SCC
Suffolk County Council

SIFCA
Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

SLA
Service Level Agreement

SoS
Secretary of State

SPA
Special Protection Area

SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest

SWEEP
Study of the Wash Embayment Environment and Productivity

TAG
Technical Advisory Group

VFM
Value For Money

WESG
Wash Estuary Strategy Group

WFO
Wash Fishery Order

WNNEMS
Wash and North Norfolk Coast European Marine Site