| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| EBA | Emergency Buoyant Ascent |
| E-BPR | Enhanced Bottom Pressure Recorder |
| EBS | Emergency Broadcast System |
| EBSA | Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Area |
| EBWQA | Elliott Bay Water Quality Assessment |
| EC | European Community |
| EC-50 | Effective Concentration at which 50% of worms will leave sediment |
| ECB | Environmental Chemistry and Biology |
| ECDIS | Electronic Chart Display Information System |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe |
| EC-GC | Electron Capture-gas Chromatograph |
| ECHAM-1/LSG | Coupled global Ocean- Atmosphere Model |
| ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting |
| ECOR | Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources |
| ECOSOC | ECOnomic and SOCial Council |
| ECS | European Cetacean Society |
| ECSA | Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association |
| ECVI | East Coast Vancouver Island |
| EDA | Economic Development Administration |
| EDD | Engineering Development Division |