| ACIAR |
Australian Center for International Agricultural Research |
| ADR |
Adoption/Diffusion Research |
| AIT |
Asian Institute of Technology |
| AMR |
Administrative Management Review |
| ANDAH |
Asociación Nacional de Acuicultores de Honduras |
| ASF |
Animal source foods |
| ASMR |
Aquaculture Systems Modeling Research |
| ATR |
Appropriate Technology Research |
| AU |
Auburn University |
| BAU |
Bangladesh Aqucultural University |
| BOD |
Biochemical oxygen demand |
| BOD |
Board of Directors |
| BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
| CF |
Condition factor |
| CFS |
China Society of Fisheries |
| CIFAD |
Consortium for International Fisheries and Aquaculture Development |
| CLSU |
Central Luzon State University |
| CONACYT |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (National Council for Science and Technology) |
| CRSP |
Collaborative Research Support Program |
| DBT |
Database Task Force |
| DIGEPESCA |
General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| DO |
Dissolved oxygen |
| E2 |
Estradiol |
| EdOp Net |
Educational Opportunities Network |
| EEP |
External Evaluation Panel |
| ER |
Effluents and Pollution Research |
| FFR |
Feeds and Fertilizers Research |
| FIU |
Florida International University |
| FONDEPES |
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Pesquero (National Fund for Fishing Development) |
| FSR |
Food Security Research |
| GAFY |
Gross annualized fish yield |
| GIFT |
Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GISR |
GIS: Planning, Policy, and Global Data Analysis Research |
| HSI |
Hepatosomatic index |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| IAAS |
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science |
| ICLARM |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
| IIAP |
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon) |
| IIFET |
International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade |
| IGF-1 |
Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| IMNC |
Information Management and Networking Component |
| JCARD |
Joint Committee on Agricultural Research and Development |
| LHRHa |
Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog |
| LIFD |
Low-income food-deficit |
| ME |
Management Entity |
| MEAR |
Marketing and Economic Analysis Research |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRC |
Mekong River Commission |
| MSU |
Michigan State University |
| MT |
17a-methyltestosterone |
| NAR |
Net annualized revenue |
| NASULGC |
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges |
| NAU |
National Agriculture University |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental organization |
| NSR |
New Aquaculture Systems/New Species Research |
| OhSU |
The Ohio State University |
| OSU |
Oregon State University |
| OSURF |
Ohio State University Research Foundation |
| PD/A CRSP |
Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDR |
Pond Dynamics Research |
| PDVR |
Product Diversification Research |
| PMO |
Program Management Office |
| PPEC |
Proposal Planning Executive Committee |
| PRR |
Rural Reconstruction Program |
| RCR |
Reproduction Control Research |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| SIUC |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
| SMILE |
Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences Program |
| SRP |
Soluble reactive phosphorus |
| TA |
Trenbolone acetate |
| TAN |
Total ammonia nitrogen |
| TC |
Technical Committee |
| TIPS |
Tilapia Integration to Prawn Culture System |
| TN |
Total nitrogen |
| TP |
Total phosphorus |
| TS |
Total solids |
| TSP |
Triple superphosphate |
| TSS |
Total suspended solids |
| UAPB |
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
| UCD |
University of California, Davis |
| UG |
University of Georgia |
| UH |
University of Hawaii |
| UJAT |
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco |
| UM |
The University of Michigan |
| UO |
University of Oklahoma |
| US |
United States |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| UT |
University of Texas |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| VSS |
Volatile suspended solids |
| WAS |
World Aquaculture Society |
| WIDeST |
Web-Based Information Delivery System for Tilapia |