PA
Preliminary Assessment
PA
Privacy Act
PA
Public Affairs
PAC
Publications Advisory Committee
PacFIN
Pacific Fishery Information Network
PACLIM
(Annual) Pacific Climate Workshop
PAD
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PAH
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PANNR
Previous Applicants Need Not Reapply
PAO
Pacific Area Office
PAR
Photosynthetically Available Radiance
PARB
Pelagics Advisory Review Board
PASS
Performance Appraisal System Software
PAT
Process Action Teams
PATCOB
Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical, Other and Blue Collar Occupations
PATF
Parametrically Adjustable Tunable Filters
PBR
Potential Biological Removal
PC
Personal Computer
PC
Program Coordinator
PCB
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCC
Policy Coordination Council (or Committee)
PCFDC
Pacific Coast Fisheries Data Committee
PCFFA
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
PCP
Pesticide Pentachlorophenol
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCS
Permanent Change of Duty Station
PD
Pancreas Disease
PD
Position Description
PDAS
Property Data Acquisition System
PDC
Program Development and Coordination Staff
PDP
Program Development Plan
PDR
Public Document Room
PDS
Permanent Duty Station
PDS
Planetary Data System
PEG
Pacific Environmental Group
PEI
Physiological Ecology Investigation
PERL
Pacific Estaurine Research Laboratory
PFC
Perfuorocarbon
PFDF
Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation
PFEG
Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group
PFMC
Pacific Fishery Management Council
PFPA
(Federal Attorney General for Environmental Protection)
PFPA
(Mexico) Procuraduria Federal de Proteccion al Ambiente
PFRD
Pelagic Fisheries Resources Division
PFRP
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program
PGGA
Permanent GPS Geodetic Array
PHS
Public Health Service
PHVA
Protected Habitat Viability Analysis
PI
Principal Investigator
PIA
(Social Security) Primary Insurance Act
PIC
Product Information Catalog
PICES
North Pacific Marine Science Organization
PIMAR
Pacific Islands Marine Resources
PIMRIS
Pacific Islands Marine Resource Information System
PIN
Pacific Island Network
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PIN
Procurement Information Notice
PINRO
Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography
PIP
Performance Improvement Period
PIP
Performance Improvement Plan
PIP
Project Implementation Plan
PIPICO
Panel on International Programs and International Cooperation in Ocean Affairs
PIREP
Pilot Report
PIT
Partners in Transition
PIT
Passive Integrated Transponder
PITS
Personal Identification Tags
PKD
Proliferative Kidney Disease
PL
Pole-and-Line
PL
Postlarvae
PL
Public Law
PLDS
Pilot Land Data System
PM
Program Manager
PM
Project Manager
PMAC
Personnel Management Advisory Committee
PMC
Pacific Marine Center
PMC
Preparatory Mixed Commission
PMC
President's Management Council
PMC
Program Management Committee
PMD
Project Marine Discovery
PME
Personnel Management Evaluation
PMEL
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PMIP
Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project
PMRS
Performance Management and Recognition System
PMS
Procurement Management System
PMSS
Program Managers Support System
PMT
Plan Monitoring Team
PMUS
Pelagic Management Unit Species
PNA
Pacific North American
PNAAPD
Programa Nacional de Aprovechamiento del Atún y Protección de los Delfines (Mexican National Tuna Management and Dolphin Protection Program)
PNG
Papua New Guinea
PNICMM
(National Program for Research and Conservation of Marine Mammals)
PNICMM
Programa Nacional de Investigacion y Conservacion de Mamiferos Marinos
PNL
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
PO
Program Office
POC
Particulate Organic Carbon
POC
Physical Oceanography and Climate
POC
Plan of Cooperation
POC
Privately Owned Conveyance
POD
Priorities of the Day
PODS
Population of Delphinus Stocks
POES
Polar Orbiting (or Operational) Environmental Satellite
POFA
Pacific Offshore Fishermen's Association
PON
Particulate Organic Nitrogen
POP
Pacific Ocean Perch
POP
Platforms of Opportunity Program
PORD
Physical Ocean Research Division
PORF
Pacific Ocean Research Foundation
PORTS
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (Program)
POSMMS
Population of Okhotsk Sea Marine Mammal Survey
POV
Privately Owned Vehicle
PP
Promotion Potential
PPA
Programs, Projects and Activities
PPBS
Planning, Programming and Budgeting System
PPER
Project Progress Evaluation Report
PPM
Parts per Million
PPMM
Personal Property Management Manual
PPS
Personal Property System
PQS
Product Quality and Safety
PR
Partial Recruitment
PRA
Paperwork Reduction Act
PRB
(NOAA) Performance Review Board
PRB
Polar Research Board
PRBO
Point Reyes Bird Observatory
PRC
Peer Review Committee
PRC
People's Republic of China
PREP
Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
PRF
Porpoise Rescue Foundation
PRI
(AT&T) Primary Rate Interface
PRI
Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Revolutionary Institution Party)
PROFS
Program for Regional Observation and Forecasting Services
PRSG
Photogrammetric Remote Sensing Group
PS
Purse Seine
PSC
Pacific Salmon Commission
PSD
Public Safety Department
PSEP
Puget Sound Estuary Program
PSFG
Purse Seine Fishermen's Guide
PSG
Pacific Seabird Group
PSMFC
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
PSP
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
PSRB
Performance Standards Review Board
PSS
(AT&T) Packet Switched Service
PSSA
Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas
PST
Pacific Salmon Treaty
PSTA
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act
PSZ
Protected Species Zone
PT
Plan Team
PTFP
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
PTO
Patent and Trademark Office
PVA
Population Viability Analysis
PVC
Polyvinyl Chloride