| AAGA |
Australian Abalone Growers Association |
| AAHBS |
Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity |
| ABARES |
Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Science |
| ABFA |
Australian Barramundi Farmers Association |
| ABN |
Australian Business Number |
| ACA |
Abalone Council of Australia |
| ACPF |
Australian Coucil of Prawn Fisheries |
| AFANT |
Amateur Fisherman’s Association of the NT |
| AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
| AFMF |
Australian Fisheries Management Forum |
| AFNS |
Australian Fish Names Standard AS 5300-2019 |
| AFTA |
Australian Fishing Tackle Association |
| AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AGVP |
Average Gross Value of Production |
| AICD |
Australian Institute of Company Director's |
| AIMS |
Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| ALC |
Anindilyakwa Land Council |
| AMIA |
Australian Mussel Industry Association |
| AMSA |
Australian Maritme Safety Authority |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANU |
Australian National University |
| AOP |
Annual Operating Plan |
| APAC |
Australian Partnership for Advance Computing |
| APFA |
Australian Prawn Farmers Association |
| ARFF |
Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation |
| ARLF/ARLP |
Australian Rural Leadership Foundation/Program |
| ASBTIA |
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association |
| ASCo |
Australian Seafood Co-products |
| ASDD |
Australian Spatial Data Directory |
| ASFB |
Australia Science Fish Biology |
| ASI |
Australian Seafood Industries (oyster breeding company owned by the Tasmanian and South Australian oyster industries) |
| BAC |
Broome Aquaculture Centre |
| CAAB |
Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota |
| CBA |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
| CDU |
Charles Darwin University |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CFA |
Commonwealth Fisheries Association |
| CI |
Co-investigator |
| CIR |
Continual Improvement Request |
| CIS |
Continual Improvement System |
| CoE |
Centre of Excellence |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre |
| CRCNA |
Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia |
| CRC-P |
Cooperative Research Centre - Program |
| CRRDC |
Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSS |
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
| CSS |
Clean Seas Seafood |
| D&I |
Death and invalidity |
| DAWE |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |
| DFAT |
Department of Forgein Affairs and Trade |
| DMZ |
De-militarised Zone |
| DOF |
Department of Finance |
| EADRA |
Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement |
| EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EMS |
Enviromental Management System |
| EOI |
Expression of Interest application for funding |
| EPSC |
Employer productivity superannuation contribution |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FARM Committee |
Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee |
| FINO |
FINO - the FRDC’s project management system |
| FishNet |
The FRDC’s on-line application system |
| FNC |
Fish Names Committee - committee tasked with development of Australian Fish Names Standard AS 5300 (AFNS). |
| FRABs |
Fisheries Research Advisory Bodies - now RACs |
| FRDC |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation |
| FSP |
Future Science Platform |
| FTE |
Full time equivalent |
| GCMA |
Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture |
| GRDC |
Grains Research and Development Corporation |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| HVAC |
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system to provide indoor environmental comfort. |
| Iaas |
Infrastructure as a Service |
| IBA |
Indigenous Business Australia |
| ICFA |
International Coalition of Fishing Associations |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| ICWL |
International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management |
| IFCoE |
Indigenous Fisheries Centre of Excellence |
| IMAS |
Institute of Marine and Antartic Studies |
| IMOS |
Integrated Marine Observing System |
| IP |
Intellectual Property |
| IPA |
Industry Partnership Agreement |
| IQA |
Internal Quality Audit |
| IRG |
Indigenous Reference Group |
| JCU |
James Cook University |
| KLC |
Kimberley Land Council |
| KPI's |
Key Performance Indicators |
| LCF |
Lakes and Coorong Fishery |
| MDF |
Main Distribution Frame |
| MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NAC |
National Aquaculture Council |
| NAILSMA |
North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance |
| NARP - MBR |
National Adaptation Research Plan – Marine Biodiversity and Resources |
| NASFI |
National Alliance of the Seafood and Fishing Industry |
| NCCARN - MRB |
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network – Marine Resources and Biodiversity |
| NCCAPFA |
National Climate Change Action Plan for Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| NCCP |
National Carp Control Plan |
| NCR |
Non-conformance report |
| NESP |
National Environmental Science Program |
| NGO |
Non Government Organisation |
| NLC |
National Land Councils |
| NMSC |
National Marine Science Centre |
| NORMAC |
Northern Prawn Fishery Management Advisory Committee |
| NPF |
Northern Prawn Fishery |
| NRETAS |
Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (NT) |
| NRM |
Natural Resource Management |
| NRMMC |
National Resource Management Ministerial Council (Australia) |
| NSIA |
National Seafood Industry Alliance |
| NSILP |
National Seafood Industry Leadership Program |
| NTSC |
Northern Territory Seafood Council |
| NZMSS |
New Zealand Marine Science Society |
| OCS |
Offshore Constitutional Settlement
|
| OOD |
Oyster Oedema Disease |
| OWG |
Operations Working Group |
| Oysters Australia |
Australian oyster industry peak body |
| PAD |
Performance appraisal and development |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statement |
| PC |
Productivity Commission |
| PCBU |
Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking
|
| PGPA Act |
The Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
|
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PICSE |
Primary Industries Centre for Science Education |
| PID Act |
Public interest disclosure Act |
| PIEFA |
Primary Industry Education Foundation Australia |
| PIERD |
The Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989, now replaced by the PIRD Act |
| PIRD Act |
The Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989 |
| PIRSA |
Primary Industries and Regions South Australia |
| POMS |
Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome |
| PRMA |
Property Risk Management Association |
| PSPF |
Protective Security Policy Framework of the Australian Government |
| PSS |
Public Sector Superannuation Scheme |
| PSSAP |
Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QLDRAC |
Queensland Research Advisory Committee |
| QMS |
Quality Management Systems |
| QSIA |
Queensland Seafood Industry Association |
| RAC |
Research Advisory Committee |
| RD&E |
Research Development & Extension |
| RDCs |
Research and Development Corporations |
| Recfish |
Recfish Australia (peak recreational fishing body) |
| RIRDC |
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (Now Agrifutures) |
| RnD4P BSF |
Research and Development for profit black soldier fly |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| RPN |
Research Providers Network |
| RSHA |
Rural Safety and Health Alliance |
| SaaS |
Software as a Service |
| SAFS |
Status of Australian Fish Stocks |
| SAOGA |
South Australian Oyster Growers Association |
| SAORC |
South Australian Oyster Research Council |
| SARDI |
South Australian Research and Development Institute |
| SAWIN |
South Australian Womens Industry Network |
| SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
| SCAAH |
Sub Committee Aquatic Animal Health |
| SCRC |
Seafood Cooperative Research Centre |
| SCRC RAC |
Seafood CRC Research and Adoption Committee (SCRC RAC) established to provide technical expert advice, to ensure due process is followed. |
| SCU |
Southern Cross University |
| SDO |
Standards development organisation |
| SEA |
Seafood Experience Australia |
| SETFIA |
South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association |
| SFM |
Sydney Fish Market |
| SIA |
Seafood Industry Australia |
| SIAA |
Seafood Importers Association of Australasia Inc |
| SIL |
System Improvement Log |
| SIV |
Seafood Industry Victoria (Vic peak industry body)
|
| SOCo |
Select Oyster Company (oyster breeding company owned by NSW oyster industry)
|
| SRB |
Standards Reference Body |
| SRDC |
Sugar Research and Development Corporation |
| SRL |
Southern Rocklobster Limited |
| SSA |
Seafood Services Australia |
| TASRAC |
Tasmanian Research Advisory Committee |
| TLC |
Tiwi Land Council |
| TNQI TAFE |
Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE |
| TORC |
Tasmanian Oyster Research Council |
| TRF |
Tactical Research Fund, process and application type used for short sharp tactical RD&E activities. See also PP-03 |
| TSGA |
Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association |
| TSIC |
Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council (Tasmanian peak body)
|
| TSIRC |
Torres Strait Island Regional Council |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
| UAT |
User Acceptance Testing |
| WAFIC |
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WA peak body)
|
| WARAC |
Western Australia Research Advisory Committee |
| WFC |
World Fisheries Congress |
| WFCB |
Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology |
| WHS |
Work Health and Safety |
| WPI |
Wage Price Index |
| WRLC |
Western Rock Lobster Council |
