| AFMA |
Australian Fisheries
Management Authority |
| AIMS |
Australian Institute of
Marine Science |
| AMCS |
Australian Marine
Conservation Society |
| ANZECC |
Australian and New
Zealand Environment Conservation Council |
| ARC |
Australian Research
Council |
| Ballast Water
Convention |
International
Convention for Control and Management of Ship's Ballast Water and Sediment |
| Biosecurity Act |
Biosecurity Act 2015
(Cth) |
| CoTS |
Crown-of-thorns
starfish |
| CPRS |
Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme |
| CPUE |
Catch per unit effort |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DAWR |
Department of
Agriculture and Water Resources |
| DoEE |
Department of the
Environment and Energy |
| EDO NSW |
Environmental Defenders
Office New South Wales |
| EDOA |
Environmental Defenders
Offices of Australia |
| EKE |
Eddy kinetic energy |
| EPBC Act |
Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) |
| Fisheries Management
Act |
Fisheries Management
Act 1991 (Cth) |
| FRDC |
Fisheries Research and
Development Corporation |
| GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority |
| HAB |
Harmful algal bloom |
| IMAS |
Institute for Marine
and Antarctic Studies |
| IMOS |
Integrated Marine
Observing System |
| IPA |
Indigenous Protected
Area |
| ITQ |
Individual
transferrable quota |
| MPA |
Marine protected area |
| NCRIS |
National Collaborative
Research Infrastructure Strategy |
| NRM |
Natural resource
management |
| NSW DPI |
New South Wales
Department of Primary Industries |
| OCS |
Offshore Constitutional
Settlement |
| PC |
Productivity Commission |
| POMS |
Pacific Oyster
Mortality Syndrome |
| Redmap |
Range Extension
Database and Mapping |
| Reef 2050 Plan |
Reef 2050 Long-term
Sustainability Plan |
| SIMS |
Sydney Institute of
Marine Science |
| SST |
Sea surface temperature |
| TAC |
Total allowable catch |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional
Authority |
| UNESCO |
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |