| BC | British Columbia |
| DFO | Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| EBM | Ecosystem Based Management |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| RAF | Regional Action Framework |
| RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
| SLR | Sea Level Rise |
| MaPP | Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| NSB | Northern Shelf Bioregion |
| PNCIMA | Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area |