Major Acronyms
GLOSSARY
ABWMAC Australian Ballast Water Management Advisory
Council
AIMS Australian Institute of Marine Science
AMISC Australian Marine Industries and Sciences Council
AMOSC Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre
AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation
Council
AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ASSMAC Acid Sulphate Soils Management Advisory Committee
AWWA Australian Water and Wastewater Association
COAG Council of Australian Governments
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development
EPA Environment Protection Authority
GBRMP Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
GBRMPA Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
IGAE Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment
IMO International Maritime Organisation
LBMP Land Based Marine Pollution
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships
MCCN Marine and Coastal Community Network
NATPLAN National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil
NEPC National Environment Protection Council
NEPM National Environmental Protection Measure
NWQMS National Water Quality Management Strategy
RAC Resource Assessment Commission
SOMER State of the Marine Environment Report
SWBTA Shoalwater Bay Training Area
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSD United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development