Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations and acronyms

AANSW

Abalone Association NSW

AIMS

Australian Institute of Marine Science

AIRF

Abalone Industry Reinvestment Fund

AMCS

Australian Marine Conservation Society

ARC

Australian Research Council

Centro

Centrostephanus rodgersii (long-spined sea urchin)

Centro Task Force or Task Force

National Centrostephanus Management Task Force

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COTS

crown-of-thorns starfish

CRC Program

Cooperative Research Centre Program

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

DCCEEW

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

DEECA

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Victoria

EAC

East Australia Current

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

EZAIA

Eastern (Victorian) Zone Abalone Industry Association

FRDC

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

GBR

Great Barrier Reef

GBRMPA

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

GHG

greenhouse gas emission

GSR

Great Southern Reef

IGAB

Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity

IMAS

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPMA

Integrated Pest Management Approach

NAILSMA

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd

Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy Australia

NDF

Non-Detrimental Finding (CITES requirement)

NESP

National Environmental Science Program

NRE Tas

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania

NRM South

Natural Resource Management South

NSW

New South Wales

NSW DPI

NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries)

NSWALC

NSW Aboriginal Land Council

NZ

New Zealand

R&D

research and product development

SA

South Australia

SPRAT database

Species Profile and Threats Database

SST

sea surface temperature

TAC

Tasmanian Abalone Council

TARFish

Tasmanian Association for Recreational Fishing Inc.

TCDA

Tasmanian Commercial Divers Association

TRLFA

Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishermen’'s Association

TSAP

Threatened Species Action Plan 2022–32

TSIC

Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council

VFA

Victorian Fisheries Authority

VSUDA

(Eastern) Victorian Sea Urchin Divers Association