F
Fishing mortality. A measurement of the rate of removal of fish from a population by fishing.
F&E
Facilities and Equipment
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAAPS
Financial Assistance Awards Planning System
FAC
(FCC) Federal Advisory Committee
FAC
Federal Acquisition Circular
FAC
Finance and Administration Committee
FAC
Fluorescent Aromatic Contaminants
FACA
Federal Advisory Committee Act
FAD
Fish Aggregation Device
FADS
Financial Assistance Disbursement System
FAH
Facilitation Awards for Handicapped Scientists and Engineers
FAIS
Federal Assistance Information Sheet
FAJ
Fisheries Agency of Japan
FAN
(Bolivia) Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza
FAO
(United Nations) Food and Agriculture Organization
FAP
Fleet Allocation Plan
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARB
Financial Assistance Review Board
FASED
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities
FATF
Financial Action Task Force
FAX
Facsimile
FB4
Federal Building 4
FC
Facultad de Ciencias (Faculty of Sciences)
FCAP
Fishery Commission for Asia and the Pacific (also FISHCAP)
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCCC
Framework Convention on Climate Change
FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
FCF
Fisherman's Contingency Fund
FCL
Federacion Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera - Departamento de Aquacultura
FCMA
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (of 1986)
FCO
(NOAA) Fisheries Certificate of Origin
FCZ
Fisheries Conservation Zone
FDA
(US) Food and Drug Administration
FDB
Food and Drug Branch
FDCC
(WPacFIN) Fisheries Data Coordinating Committee
FDDA
Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
FEDRIP
(NTIS) FEDeral Research in Progress
FEDSTRIP
Federal Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
FEGLI
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance
FEI
Federal Executive Institute
FEIS
Final Environmental Impact Statement
FEL
Fisheries Engineering Laboratory
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEORP
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
FEP
Front-End Processor
FEPCA
Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (of 1990)
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERS
Federal Employee Retirement System
FES
Factor Evaluation System
FFA
(South Pacific) Forum Fisheries Agency
FFCA
Federal Facilities Compliance Act of 1992
FFS
French Frigate Shoals
FGI
Foreign Government Information
FHWA
(Hawaii) Federal Highways Administration
FIBEX
First International Biomass Experiment
FIFE
First ISLSCP Field Experiment
FIMA
Financial Information Management and Accounting System
FIN
Fishery Information Network
FIPERJ
(Brazil) Fundacao Instituto de Pesca del Estado do Rio de Janeiro
FIPERJ
(Foundation Institue of Fisheries of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
FIRD
Farallon Island Radioactive Dump
FIRE
First ISCCP Regional Experiment
FIRMR
Federal Information Resources Management Regulation
FIRWD
Farallon islands Radioactive Waste Dump
FIS
Fishery Science
FISH
Fishermen Involved in Saving Habitat
FISHCAP
Fishery Commission for Asia and the Pacific (see FCAP)
FISHDAB
FAO Department of Fisheries
FITS
Flexible Image Transfer System
FL
Fork Length
FLC
Federal Laboratory Consortium
FLD
Facilities and Logistics Division
FLENUMMETOCCEN
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
FLOWS
FLood Observing and Warning System
FLP
Fleet Post Office
FLRA
Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act
FMA
Fishery Management Area
Fmax
The level of fishing mortality (rate of removal by fishing) that produces the greatest yield from the fishrey
FMC
(NMFS) Financial Management Center
FMC
Federal Maritime Commission
FMC
Fisheries Monitoring Center
FMC
Fishery Management Council
FMD
(NOAA) Financial Management Division
FMEP
Fishery Monitoring and Economics Program
FMLA
Family and Medical Leave Act
FMP
Final Management Panel
FMP
Fishery Management Plan
FMP
Florida Marine Patrol
FMRP
Fishery Management Research Program
FMSS
Financial Management Systems Software Schedule
FNMOC
(Navy) Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
FOB
Free on Board
FOCI
Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations
FOFCC
Federal Oceanographic Fleet Coordination Council
FOG
Fisheries Obligation Guarantee
FOG
Future of Groundfish Committee
FOI
Freedom of Information
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FOP
Financial Operating Plan
FORAGE
Fishery Oceanography Recruitment and Groundfish Ecology
FORCI
Fisheries Oceanographic Research Cooperative Institute
FORTE
Fisheries Oceanography and Recruitment in Tropical Ecosystems
FOS
(NOAA) Family of Services
FPA
Federal Power Act
FPA
Fishermen's Protective Act
FPA
Forest Practice Application
FPDS
Federal Procurement Data System
FPI
Fishery Products International
FPM
Federal Personnel Manual
FPO
Federal Program Office
FPS
Financial Planning System
FQI
Federal Quality Institute
FR
Federal Register
FRAM
Fleet Replacement and Modernization
FRC
Federal Record Center
FRI
Fisheries Research Institute
FRMR
Federal Resources Management Regulation
FROST
First Observing Study of the Troposphere
FRS
Financial Reporting System
FRS
Fisheries Research Station
FS
Forest Service
FSA
Fish Stock Assessment
FSD
(NOAA) Finance Services Division
FSDB
Fishery Statistics Data Base
FSFRL
Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory
FSL
Forecast Systems Laboratory
FSM
Federated States of Micronesia
FSP
Fishery Statistics Project
FSSP
(NMFS) Fisheries Statistics Strategic Plan
FSU
Florida State University
FT
Fingerling Tagged
FTA
(US/Canada) Free Trade Agreement
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
FTD
Federal Travel Directory
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTR
Federal Travel Regulations
FTS
Federal Telecommunications (or Telephone) System
FTTA
Federal Technology Transfer Act
FTZ
Foreign Trade Zone
FUDS
Former Use Defense Site
FUS
Fisheries of the US
FVGDCF
Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund
FWCA
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
FWPCA
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
FWS
(US) Fish and Wildlife Service
FY
Fiscal Year