Acronyms - Fisheries
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AAD |
Australian Antarctic Division |
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AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
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ABARE |
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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ACF |
Australian Conservation Foundation |
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ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
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ACS |
Australian Customs Service |
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ACV |
Australian Customs Vessel |
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AFLEC |
Australasian fisheries law enforcement |
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AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
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AFZ |
Australian Fishing Zone |
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AIMF |
Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Forum |
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AMC |
Australian Maritime College |
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AMFR |
Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research (Indonesia) |
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AMSA |
Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
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ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
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AOP |
Australia’s Oceans Policy |
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APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
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APHMC |
Animal and Plant Health Management Committee |
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APPA |
Australian Prawn Promotion Association |
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ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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ASIC |
Australian Seafood Industry Council |
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ASSAC |
Australian Shellfish Sanitation Advisory Committee |
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ATSEF |
Arafura and Timor Seas Experts' Forum |
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ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Council |
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AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
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AUSLIG |
Australian Survey and Land Information Group |
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BAP |
Bycatch Action Plan |
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BGAG |
Blue Grenadier Assessment Group |
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Bonn Convention |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Convention |
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BSSCC |
Bass Strait Scallop Consultative Committee |
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BWAG |
Blue Warehou Assessment Group |
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CBD |
Convention of Biological Diversity |
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CCAMLR |
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
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CCSBT |
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
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CIF |
Christmas Island Fishery |
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CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
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CKF |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Fishery |
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COFI |
Committee on Fisheries (United Nations FAO) |
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CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre |
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CRIMP |
Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests |
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CSD |
United Nations Convention on Sustainable Development |
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CSD |
Committee on Sustainable Development |
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CSF |
Coral Sea Fishery |
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CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
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DWFN |
Distant Water Fishing Nation |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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EIA |
Environment Impact assessment |
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EIS |
Environmental Impact statement |
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EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
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EMS |
Environmental Management System |
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EPBC |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
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ERAC |
Environment and Resource Assessment Commission |
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ERIN |
Environmental Resource Information Network |
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ETBF |
Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery |
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FAG |
Fisheries Assessment Group |
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FDTA |
Fisheries Development Trust Account |
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FEM |
Fisheries Ecosystem Management |
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FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
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FFC |
Forum Fisheries Committee |
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FFV |
Foreign Fishing Vessel |
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FINS |
Fishing Industry National Strategy |
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FPMEC |
Fisheries Pollution and Marine Environment Committee |
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FRDC |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation |
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FRRF |
Fisheries Resources Research Fund |
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FSU |
Fisheries Support Unit (under IOR-ARC) |
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FWG |
Fisheries Working Group |
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FWG |
Finfish Working Group (Torres Strait) |
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GABTF |
Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery |
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GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
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GBRWHA |
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area |
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GSLP |
Government Sector Linkages Program (AusAID) |
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HIMI |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery |
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HSI |
Human Society International |
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IABWMAC |
Interim Australian Ballast Water Management Advisory Council |
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IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
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ICC |
Island Coordinating Council (Torres Strait) |
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ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
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ICESD |
Intergovernmental Committee on Ecologically Sustainable Development |
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ICLARM |
International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
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ICZM |
Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
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IDC |
Inter-Departmental Committee |
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IMCRA |
Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia |
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IMO |
International Maritime Organisation |
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IOM |
Integrated Oceans Management |
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IOR-ARC |
Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation |
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IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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IPCC |
International Panel for Climate Change |
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IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
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ITLOS |
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea |
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ITQ |
Individual Transferable Quota |
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IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
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MAC |
Management Advisory Committee |
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MACC |
Marine and Coastal Committee |
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MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973/78 |
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MEPA |
Marine and Estuarine Protected Area |
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MEPC |
Maritime Environment Protection Committee (within IMO) |
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MIF |
Macquarie Island Fishery |
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MOSAP |
(National) Marine Oil Spills Action Plan |
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MOU |
Memorandum Of Understanding |
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MOU Box |
Area of Australia's north west EEZ where traditional Indonesian fishers are allowed access in accordance with the 1974 MOU |
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MPA |
Marine Protected Areas |
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MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
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MSRC |
Marine Scientific Research Committee (PNG) |
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NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
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NACMPA |
National Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas |
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NADC |
National Aquaculture Development Committee |
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NAFM |
Northern Australian Fisheries Management Workshop |
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NEPA |
National Environment Protection Agency |
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NEPM |
National Environment Protection Measures |
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NFIC |
National Fishing Industry Council |
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NOAB |
National Oceans Advisory Board |
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NOMB |
National Oceans Ministerial Board |
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NPF |
Northern Prawn Fishery |
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NPOA |
National Plan of Action |
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NRSMPA |
National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas |
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NSESD |
National Strategy for ESD |
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OCS |
Offshore Constitutional Settlement |
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OIE |
Office Internationale de Epizooties (World Organisation for Animal Health) |
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PER |
Public Environment Report |
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POGO |
Partnership for Observations of the Global Ocean |
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PWG |
Prawn Working Group (Torres Strait) |
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PZJA |
Protected Zone Joint Authority (Torres Strait) |
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QSA |
Quality Society of Australia |
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RFMO |
Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
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RMP |
Regional Marine Plan |
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SAG |
Shark Advisory Group |
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SAG |
Stock Assessment Group |
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SAGSC |
Stock Assessment Group Scientific Committee |
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SAR |
Shark Assessment Report |
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SARDI |
South Australian Research and Development Group |
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SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
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SCARM |
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management |
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SCC |
Standing Committee on Conservation |
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SCEP |
Standing Committee on Environmental Protection |
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SCFA |
Standing Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture |
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SEF |
South East Fishery |
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SENTF |
South East Non Trawl Fishery |
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SETF |
South East Trawl Fishery |
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SFR |
Statutory Fishing Right |
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SFRARP |
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel |
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SIOFA |
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement |
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SOMER |
State of the Marine Environment Report |
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SPC |
South Pacific Commission |
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SRP |
Scientific Research Program |
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SSF |
Southern Shark Fishery |
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SSJF |
Southern Squid Jig Fishery |
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STBF |
Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery |
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EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
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EMS |
Environmental Management System |
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EPBC |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
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ERAC |
Environment and Resource Assessment Commission |
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ERIN |
Environmental Resource Information Network |
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ETBF |
Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery |
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FAG |
Fisheries Assessment Group |
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FDTA |
Fisheries Development Trust Account |
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FEM |
Fisheries Ecosystem Management |
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FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
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FFC |
Forum Fisheries Committee |
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FFV |
Foreign Fishing Vessel |
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FINS |
Fishing Industry National Strategy |
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FPMEC |
Fisheries Pollution and Marine Environment Committee |
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FRDC |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation |
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FRRF |
Fisheries Resources Research Fund |
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FSU |
Fisheries Support Unit (under IOR-ARC) |
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FWG |
Fisheries Working Group |
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FWG |
Finfish Working Group (Torres Strait) |
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GABTF |
Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery |
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GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
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GBRWHA |
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area |
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GSLP |
Government Sector Linkages Program (AusAID) |
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HIMI |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery |
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HSI |
Human Society International |
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IABWMAC |
Interim Australian Ballast Water Management Advisory Council |
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IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
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ICC |
Island Coordinating Council (Torres Strait) |
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ICCAT |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
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ICESD |
Intergovernmental Committee on Ecologically Sustainable Development |
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ICLARM |
International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
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ICZM |
Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
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IDC |
Inter-Departmental Committee |
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IMCRA |
Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia |
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IMO |
International Maritime Organisation |
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IOM |
Integrated Oceans Management |
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IOR-ARC |
Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation |
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IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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IPCC |
International Panel for Climate Change |
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IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
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ITLOS |
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea |
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ITQ |
Individual Transferable Quota |
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IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
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MAC |
Management Advisory Committee |
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MACC |
Marine and Coastal Committee |
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MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973/78 |
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MEPA |
Marine and Estuarine Protected Area |
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MEPC |
Maritime Environment Protection Committee (within IMO) |
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MIF |
Macquarie Island Fishery |
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MOSAP |
(National) Marine Oil Spills Action Plan |
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MOU |
Memorandum Of Understanding |
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MOU Box |
Area of Australia's north west EEZ where traditional Indonesian fishers are allowed access in accordance with the 1974 MOU |
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MPA |
Marine Protected Areas |
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MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
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MSRC |
Marine Scientific Research Committee (PNG) |
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NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
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NACMPA |
National Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas |
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NADC |
National Aquaculture Development Committee |
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NAFM |
Northern Australian Fisheries Management Workshop |
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NEPA |
National Environment Protection Agency |
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NEPM |
National Environment Protection Measures |
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NFIC |
National Fishing Industry Council |
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NOAB |
National Oceans Advisory Board |
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NOMB |
National Oceans Ministerial Board |
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NPF |
Northern Prawn Fishery |
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NPOA |
National Plan of Action |
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NRSMPA |
National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas |
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NSESD |
National Strategy for ESD |
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OCS |
Offshore Constitutional Settlement |
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OIE |
Office Internationale de Epizooties (World Organisation for Animal Health) |
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PER |
Public Environment Report |
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POGO |
Partnership for Observations of the Global Ocean |
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PWG |
Prawn Working Group (Torres Strait) |
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PZJA |
Protected Zone Joint Authority (Torres Strait) |
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QSA |
Quality Society of Australia |
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RFMO |
Regional Fisheries Management Organisation |
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RMP |
Regional Marine Plan |
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SAG |
Shark Advisory Group |
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SAG |
Stock Assessment Group |
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SAGSC |
Stock Assessment Group Scientific Committee |
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SAR |
Shark Assessment Report |
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SARDI |
South Australian Research and Development Group |
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SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
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SCARM |
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management |
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SCC |
Standing Committee on Conservation |
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SCEP |
Standing Committee on Environmental Protection |
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SCFA |
Standing Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture |
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SEF |
South East Fishery |
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SENTF |
South East Non Trawl Fishery |
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SETF |
South East Trawl Fishery |
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SFR |
Statutory Fishing Right |
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SFRARP |
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel |
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SIOFA |
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement |
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SOMER |
State of the Marine Environment Report |
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SPC |
South Pacific Commission |
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SRP |
Scientific Research Program |
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SSF |
Southern Shark Fishery |
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SSJF |
Southern Squid Jig Fishery |
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STBF |
Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery |
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STR |
South Tasman Rise |
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SWIO |
South West Indian Ocean |
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SWTBF |
Southern and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery |
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TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
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TAP |
Threat Abatement Plan |
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TED |
Turtle Excluder Device |
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TFMPA |
Taskforce for Marine Protected Areas |
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TIS |
Trade Information Scheme |
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TRAFFIC |
Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna In Commerce |
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TRL WG |
Tropical Rock Lobster Working Group (Torres Strait) |
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TS MAC |
Torres Strait Management Advisory Committee |
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TSPEHA |
Torres Strait Prawn Entitlement Holders' Association |
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TSPZ |
Torres Strait Protected Zone |
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TSSAC |
Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee |
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Type 2 |
Traditional Indonesian sailing vessels |
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Type 3 |
Motorised Indonesian vessels |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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UNCSD |
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
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UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
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UNFSA |
United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement |
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VMS |
Vessel Monitoring System |
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WCPFC |
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
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WCPO |
Western and Central Pacific Ocean Convention |
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WGMAF |
Working Group on Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Forum) |
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WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
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WTBF |
Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (see SWTBF) |
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WWF |
World Wildlife Fund |