Grahame Williams Australian Game Fishing Association

Sara Williams Environment Australia

Dennis Witt Tasmanian Fisheries

List of Abbreviations

AFFA Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry Australia

AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority

CALM Conservation and Land Management (Department of - Western Australia)

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora

cm centimetres

CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

COFI Committee on Fisheries

CPUE catch per unit effort

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DEHSA Department of Environment and Heritage, South Australia

DPIWE Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania

EA Environment Australia

EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

ESSS Endangered Species Scientific Subcommittee (now TSSC under new EPBC Act)

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

IPOA International Plan of Action for Sharks

IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature

km kilometres

m metres

MAFRI Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, Victoria

MPA marine protected area

NES national environmental significance

NHT Natural Heritage Trust

NSW New South Wales

NPOA National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks

PIRSA Primary Industries and Resources South Australia

Qld Queensland

QFMA Queensland Fisheries Management Authority

Qld DPI Queensland Department of Primary Industries

SA South Australia

TSSC Threatened Species Scientific Committee

Tas Tasmania

Vic Victoria

WA Western Australia