Abbreviations

Abbreviations

20 Year Strategic Plan

20 Year Australian Antarctic Strategic Plan

AAD

Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Environment

AAP

Australian Antarctic Programme

AAT

Australian Antarctic Territory

ACBPS

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

ACE CRC

Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre

ADF

Australian Defence Force

AFMA

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

AIMS

Australian Institute of Marine Science

AMSA

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

ATCM

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

ATCP

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties

ATS

Antarctic Treaty System
(consists of the Antarctic Treaty, CCAS, CAMLR Convention, Madrid Protocol, and related measures)

BPC

Border Protection Command

CAMLR Convention

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCAMLR

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCAS

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

CCSBT

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CEP

Committee for Environmental Protection
(under the Madrid Protocol)

COLTO

Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators

COMNAP

Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

ECS

extended continental shelf

EEZ

exclusive economic zone

HIMI

the territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICRW

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

IMAS

Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

IMOS

Integrated Marine Observing System

IUU

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing)

IWC

International Whaling Commission

Madrid Protocol

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

MPA

marine protected area/s

RFMO

regional fisheries management organisations

RPOA-IUU

Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing
Practices including Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Region

SAR

search and rescue

SCAR

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

SORP

Southern Ocean Research Partnership

UAV

unmanned aerial vehicles

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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