Abbreviations & Acronyms

ABARES
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
the Act
Fisheries Management Act 1991
AFMA
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
AMCS
Australian Marine Conservation Society
ARMA
Aquatic Resources Marine Act 2016 (Western Australia)
CFA
Commonwealth Fisheries Association Inc.
committee
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DAFF
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DAWE
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
DAWR
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
FRDC
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
FTE
full time equivalent
GBR
Great Barrier Reef
IMAS
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
ITQs
individual transferable quotas
MACs
Management Advisory Committees
MEY
maximum economic yield
MSY
maximum sustainable yield
NER
net economic returns
NSW
New South Wales
QSIA
Queensland Seafood Industry Association
RAGs
Resource Assessment Groups
RFMO
Regional Fishery Management Organisations
SESSF
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
SETFIA
South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association
SFRs
Statutory fishing rights
SM
Spanish mackerel
TAC
total allowable catch
TACC
total allowable commercial catch
TRLFA
Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishermen's Association
TSIC
Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council
WA DPIRD
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
WWF
World Wildlife Fund

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