S&T
Science and Technology
SA
South Australia
SAA
(NOAA) Satellite Active Archive
SAB
South Atlantic Bight
SABIT
Soviet American Business Internship Training
SABRE
South Atlantic Bight Recruitment Experiment
SAC
Special Award Condition
SAC
Sportfishing Association of California
SACC
Sardine and Anchovy Climate Change
SAFE
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
SAFMC
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
SAGA
Scientific Advisory Group on Albacore
SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation
SALAD
System for Automated Leave Audit Documentation
SAM
State Administrative Manual
SAME
Society of American Military Engineers
SAML
Southern Association of Marine Laboratories
SANDAG
San Diego Association of Governments
SANREM
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar (Search and Rescue)
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SARC
Stock Assessment Review Committee
SARH
Secretariat of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources
SARP
Sardine-Anchovy Recruitment Project
SARSAT
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
SAS
Salmon Advisory Subpanel
SASS
SEASAT-A Scattermeter System
SATNAV
Satellite Navigation System
SAV
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
SAW
Stock Assessment Workshop
SB
Science Board
SBA
Small Business Administration
SBDC
Small Business Development Center
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research
SBP
Small Boat Plan
SBT
Southern Bluefin Tuna
SC
Science Committee
SCA
Student Conservation Association
SCAF
Standing Committee on Administration and Finance
SCALES
Scales, Climate and Large Ecosystem Studies
SCAMPI
South Carolina Aquaculture/Mariculture International
SCAR
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCB
Southern California Bight
SCCM
Standing Committee on Conservation Measures
SCCWRP
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
SCD
Seal-Control Device
SCERP
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
SCI
Sensitive Compartmented Information
SCOI
Standing Committee on Observation and Inspection
SCOPE
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SCOR
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SCORRAD
Standing Committee on Resource Research and Development
SCRS
Standing Committee on Research and Statistics
SCS
Scientific Computer System
SCS
Soil Conservation Service
SCSI
Small Computer Standard Interface
SCTB
Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish
SD
Systems Division
SDAC
Space Data and Analysis Center
SDG
Survey Design Group
SDIS
Switched Digital Integrated Service
SDP
Service Delivery Point
SDS
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (Polyacrylamide gel Electrophoresis)
SDS
Switched Data Service
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
SEA
Salmonid Ecosystem Analysis
SEACL
Sea Cliff
SEAFDEC
Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center
SEAGRID
Salmon Early Assessment Grid
SEAMAP
Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program
SEAS
Shipboard Environmental Acquisition System
SeaWiFS
Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (Ocean Color)
SEB
Society of Experimental Biology, UK
SEB
Source Evaluation Board
SEC
Office of the Secretary
SEC
South Equatorial Current
SECC
South Equatorial Counter Current
SECOM
Secretaria de Comercio (Secretary of Commerce)
SECURE
Southeastern Council for Undersea Research
SEDESOL
(Mexico) Secretariat of Social Development (formerly SEDUE)
SEDUE
(Mexico) Secretariat for Urban Development and Ecology
SEFCAR
Southeast Florida and Caribbean Recruitment Experiment Program
SEFSC
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEIS
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
SEL
Site Evaluation List
SEL
Space Environment Laboratory
SELDADS
Space Environment Laboratory Data Acquisition and Display Systems
SEM
Scan Electron Microscope
SEMFISH
Stock Enhancement of Marine Fish in the State of Hawaii
SEP
Secretaria de Educacion Publica (Secretariat of Public Education)
SEP
Standardized Equipment Program
SEPESCA
(Mexico) Secretaria de Pesca (Secretariat of Fisheries)
SEPM
Special Emphasis Program Management
SERDP
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SERNAP
(Chile) Servicio Nacional de Pesca
SES
Senior Executive Service
SESC
Space Environment Services Center
SESCDP
Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program
SETAC
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
SF
Standard Form
SFA
Seychelles Fishing Authority
SFA
Sustainable Fisheries Act
SFEP
San Francisco Estuary Project
SFI
Sport Fishing Institute
SFOS
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
SFSS
Satellite Field Services Station
SFSU
San Francisco State University
SFZ
Subarctic Frontal Zone
SGA
Sea Grant Abstracts
SGEG
Supervisory Grade Evaluation Guide
SGEP
(Calif.) Sea Grant Extension Program
SGI
Silicon Graphics Incorporated
SGNET
Sea Grant Network
SHF
Standard Haul Factor
SHOA
(Chile) Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armadas
SIA
Social Impact Assessments
SIBEX
Second International Biomass Experiment
SIFR
Study on International Fisheries Research
SIG
Solomon Islands Government
SIG
Special Interest Group
SII
Structural Impediments Initiative
SIO
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SIP
State Implementation Plans
S-K
Saltonstall-Kennedy (Grant Program)
SKIMS
S-K Information Management Systems
SL
Senior Level
SL
Sick Leave
SL
Standard Length
SLE
Service Life to Extend
SLO
Scientific Liaison Officer
SLOSH
Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
SM
Secretaria Marina (Marine Secretariat)
SM
Sexual Maturity
SMBR
Santa Monica Bay Restoration
SMMR
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SMZ
Special Management Zone
SNI
San Nicholas Island
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SO
Sponsoring Organization
SO
Staff Office
SOA
Speed of Advance
SOAR
State-of-the-Art Research
SOC
(GSA) Service Oversight Center
SOCCS
Status of California Cetacean Stocks
SOEST
(Hawaii) School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology
SOI
Southern Oscillation Index
SOLAS
(International Convention) Safety of Life at Sea
SONGS
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
SOOP
Ships-of-OPportunity
SOPP
Statement of Operations, Practices and Procedures
SOS
Status of Stocks
SOSUS
(Navy) SOund SUrveillance System
SOW
Statement of Work
SPA
(Nova Scotia) Seafood Producers Association
SPA
Sequential Population Analysis
SPAR
South Pacific Albacore Research
SPAW
Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife
SPAWAR
(Navy) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SPC
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (formerly the South Pacific Commission)
SPI
Society of the Plastics Industry
SPN
Shared Processing Network
SPO
Servicing Personnel Office
SPO
South Pacific Office
SPO
Systems Program Office
SPORTFIN
Sport Fishery Information Network
SPR
Spawning Per Recruit
SPR
Spawning Potential Ratio
SPREP
South Pacific Regional Environment Program
SPS
Sanitary and PhytoSanitary (Measures)
SPS
Small Purchase System
SPTT
South Pacific Tuna Treaty
SQL
Standardized (or Structured) Query Language
SRA
Significant Regulatory Action
SRAC
(USDA) Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
SRB
Scientific Review Board
SRM
Standard Reference Material
SRM
Standard Related Measures
SRR
Stock and Recruitment Relationship
SSAB
Source Selection Advisory Board
SSAP
Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme
SSBR
Spawning Stock Biomass per Recruit
SSC
Scientific and Statistical Committee
SSC
Scientific Support Coordinator
SSC
Species Survival Commission
SSEOP
Space Shuttle Earth Observations Project
SSF
Southern Straits of Florida
SSG
Stranding and Salvaging Group
SSL
Sound Scattering Layer
SSM
Size, Season and Microhabitat
SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMC
Silver Spring Metro Complex (or Center)
SSNC
Silver Spring Network Council
SSP
Source Selection Plan
SSRI
(UH) Social Science Research Institute
SSRRP
Self-Sustaining Roving Rodent Patrol
SST
Sea Surface Temperature
SSW
Subtropical Surface Water
STACS
Subtropical Atlantic Climate Studies
STCZ
Subtropical Convergence Zone
STD
Salinity/Temperature/Depth
STEIS
Space Telescope Electronic Information System
STELAR
Study of Electronic Literature for Astronomical Research
STIS
Science and Technology Information Systems
STORM
(National) Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology
STP
Science and Technology Policy
STSSN
Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network
STT
Salmon Technical Team
SUOOP
Surface and Upper Ocean Observations Program
SUPER
SUbarctic Pacific Ecosystem Research
SURF
(SIO) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
SURTASS
SURveillance Towed Array Sensor System
SUSCOS
Subcommittee on US Coastal Ocean Science
SVC
Switched Voice Service
SWATH
Small Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
SWR
Southwest Region
SWRIT
Southwest Regional Implementation Team
SWRN
Southwest Regional Node