ACERA Australian Centre for Excellence in Risk Assessment
AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority
AGSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation
AIMS Australian Institute of Marine Science
ANU Australian National University
AODCJF Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility
APPEA Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association
CAR comprehensive, adequate and representative
CDU Charles Darwin University
CERF Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities
CMAR CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
CMIS CSIRO Mathematical and Information Systems
COA Commonwealth of Australia
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CSE CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
DEWHA Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FRDC Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
GA Geoscience Australia
GBR Great Barrier Reef
ICAG Intergovernmental Coastal Advisory Group
IP Intellectual Property
IUU Illegal, unreported and unregulated
MAC Marine Advisory Council
MACC Marine and Coastal Committee
MPA Marine Protected Area
MTSRF Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility
MV Museum Victoria
NF National Facility
NGO Non Government Organisation
NRM Natural Resource Management
NRSMPA National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPSAG Oceans Policy Science Advisory Group
QMS Quantitative Marine Science
RAEDA Research hub for Applied Environmental Decision Analysis
RAG Research Advisory Group
UCSB University of California, Santa Barbara
UQ University of Queensland
UTAS University of Tasmania
WAMSI Western Australia Marine Science Institution
WfO Wealth from Oceans (Flagship)
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
WWF World Wildlife Fund for Nature