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Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia
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| AFFA | Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry-Australia |
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| AFMA | Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
| AMSA | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| APPEA | Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association |
| ASIC | Australian Seafood Industry Council |
| BRDs | Bycatch reduction devices |
| CALM | Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia |
| CMS | Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as the Bonn Convention) |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| EA | Environment Australia |
| ECOTF | East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery |
| EIS | Environmental impact statement |
| ENSO | El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| ESSS | Endangered Species Scientific Subcommittee |
| ESP Act | Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 |
| FEMR | Fisheries Environmental Management Review |
| GBR | Great Barrier Reef |
| GBRMP | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park |
| GBRMPA | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| GoC | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| ICC | Islander Coordinating Council |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| NPF | Northern Prawn Fishery |
| NPWS | National Parks and Wildlife Service |