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 |