Published: 7 July 2021
Updated: 22 July 2024
| Acronym | Title |
| AAD | Australian Antarctic Division |
| AADX | Australian Agricultural Data Exchange |
| AAGA | Australian Abalone Growers Association |
| AAHB | Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity |
| AAHBRCP | Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Coordination Program |
| AAHBS | Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram |
| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Science |
| ABFA | Australian Barramundi Farmers Association |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ACIAR | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| ACA | Abalone Council Australia |
| ACPF | Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries |
| ACWA | Aquaculture Council of Western Australia |
| AEADRA | Aquatic Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement |
| AFBDP | Aboriginal Fisheries Business Development Program |
| 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 |
| AFS | American Fisheries Society |
| AFTA | Australian Fishing Tackle Association |
| AGIMO | Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AGVP | Average Gross Value of Production |
| AIA | Agricultural Innovation Australia |
| AICD | Australian Institute of Company Director's |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| ALC | Anindilyakwa Land Council |
| AMIA | Australian Mussel Industry Association |
| AMM | Annual Management Meeting |
| AMSA | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| AMSA | Australian Marine Sciences Association |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| AOP | Annual Operating Plan |
| APAC | Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing |
| APARS | Asia Pacific Association for Regulatory Science |
| APFA | Australian Prawn Farmers Association |
| APL | Australian Pork Limited |
| APNC | Australian Plant Names Committee |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| ARDC | Australian Research Data Commons |
| ARC | AFMA (Australian Fisheries Management Authority) Research Committee |
| ARFF | Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation |
| ARLF/ARLP | Australian Rural Leadership Foundation/Program |
| ASA | Agri-food Skills Australia |
| ASBTIA | Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association |
| ASCo | Australian Seafood Co-products |
| ASDD | Australian Spatial Data Directory |
| ASFB | Australia Society for Fish Biology |
| ASI | Australian Seafood Industries (oyster breeding company owned by the Tasmanian and South Australian oyster industries) |
| ASSA |
Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance |
| ATMAC |
Agriculture Trade and Market Access Cooperation |
| ATSE |
Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering |
| AusAgDX PMO |
Australian Agrifood Data Exchange Project Management Office |
| AVMWG |
Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Working Group |
| BAC | Broome Aquaculture Centre |
| BBE | Biology, Behaviour and Ecology |
| BECRC |
Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre |
| BRII |
Business Research and Innovation Initiative |
| BSF |
Black Soldier Fly |
| CAAB | Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota |
| CAAHV | Centre for Aquatic Animal Health and Vaccines |
| CBA | Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
| CCAMLR | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CCSC | Capability and Capacity Steering Committee |
| CDU | Charles Darwin University |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CEDFAA | Circular Economy Opportunities for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Australia |
| CFA | Commonwealth Fisheries Association |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CI | Co-investigator |
| CIR | Continual Improvement Request |
| CIS | Continual Improvement System |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CKAN | Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network |
| CoE | Centre of Excellence |
| CommRAC | Commonwealth Research Advisory Committee |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Centres |
| CRCNA | Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia |
| CRC-P | Cooperative Research Centres Projects |
| CRC-SAAFE | Cooperative Research Centre - Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food and Environments |
| CRDC | Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
| CRRDC | The Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CSS | Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
| CST | Clean Seas Tuna |
| CTiRI | Community Trust in Rural Industries |
| D&I | Death and Invalidity |
| DAFF | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| DAWE | Department of Agriculture Water and Environment |
| DCCEEW | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DMZ | De-militarised Zone |
| DOF | Department of Finance |
| DPIRD | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development |
| EADRA | Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EOI | Expression of Interest application for funding |
| ENRI | Emerging National Rural Issues |
| EPIC |
Economic Participation of Indigenous Communities |
| EPSC | Employer productivity superannuation contribution |
| ESG | Environmental Social and Governance |
| EZAIA | Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FARM Committee | Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee (of the FRDC board) |
| FIAL | Food and Agribusiness Growth |
| FINO | FINO (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)) |
| FRAB | Fisheries Research Advisory Board (now Research Advisory Committee) |
| FRDC | Fisheries Research and Development Corporation |
| FSIWG | Fisheries Statistics and Information Working Group |
| FSP | Future Science Platform |
| FTE | Full time equivalent |
| GABRAG | Great Australian Bight Research Advisory Group |
| GATE | Global Ag-Tech Ecosystem |
| GBR | Great Barrier Reef |
| GCMA | Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture |
| GRDC | Grains Research and Development |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| GLaWAC | Gunaikurnia Land and Water Aboriginal Corporation |
| HDR | Human Dimensions Research Coordination Program |
| HDR-SC | Human Dimensions Research Coordination Program - Steering Committee |
| HLP | High Level Panel |
| 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) |
| IDV | Independent Data Validation |
| IEA | Integrated Ecosystem Assessment |
| IFCoE | Indigenous Fisheries Centre of Excellence |
| ILSC | Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation |
| IMAS | Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies |
| IMOS | Integrated Marine Observing System |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPA | Industry Partnership Agreement (FRDC agreement with a specific sector) |
| IQA | Internal Quality Audit |
| IRG | Indigenous Reference Group |
| ITQ | Individual Transferable Quotes |
| JCU | James Cook University |
| JTSI | Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation |
| KLC | Kimberley Land Council |
| KPI's | Key Performance Indicators |
| LAB | Laboratory |
| LCF | Lakes and Coorong Fishery |
| MAC | Management Advisory Committee |
| MBR & FNCC | Marine Biodiversity, Resources & Fisheries National Coordinating Committee |
| MBRFRP | Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Fisheries Research Program |
| MBSIA COBP | Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association Code Of Best Practice |
| MBCRC | Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre |
| MDF | Main Distribution Frame |
| MEF | Monitoring and Evaluation Framework |
| MFA | Marine Fisheries Association |
| MISA | Marine Innovation South Australia |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MSC | Marine Stewardship Council |
| MSNFA | Marine Scale Net Fishers Association |
| MSNFA | Marine Scalefish Net Fishers Association |
| MSHS | Multi-Species Harvest Strategy |
| MSP | Marine Spatial Planning |
| NAA | National Archives of Australia |
| NAC | National Aquaculture Council |
| NAIDOC | National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| 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 |
| NCA | Natural Capital Accounting |
| NCCAPFA | National Climate Change Action Plan for Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| NCCARN - MRB | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network – Marine Resources and Biodiversity |
| NCCP | National Carp Control Plan |
| NCR | Non-conformance report |
| NDRI | National Decommissioning Research Initiative |
| NERA | National Energy Resources Australia |
| NESP | National Environmental Science Program |
| NFAC | National Fishing Advisory Council |
| NFP | National Fisheries Plan |
| NFRS | Native Fish Recovery Strategy |
| NGO | Non Government Organisation |
| NHN | National Hatchery Network |
| NHT | National Heritage Trust |
| NLC | National Land Councils |
| NMSC | National Marine Science Centre |
| NMSC | National Marine Science Committee |
| NOPSEMA | National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority |
| NORMAC | Northern Prawn Fishery Management Advisory Committee |
| NPF | Northern Prawn Fishery |
| NRE | Department of Natural Resources and Environment |
| 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 |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NSWRAC | New South Wales Research Advisory Committee |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NTRAC | Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee |
| NTSC | Northern Territory Seafood Council |
| NWSS | North West Shoals to Shore |
| NZMSS | New Zealand Marine Science Society |
| OA | Oysters Australia - Australian oyster farmers industry peak body |
| OCS | Offshore Constitutional Settlement Attorney Generals Department |
| OOD | Oyster Oedema Disease |
| OWG | Operations Working Group |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service |
| PAD | Performance appraisal and development |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statement |
| PC | Productivity Commission |
| PC IPA | Pearl Consortium Industry Partnership Agreement |
| PCBU | Principle duty holder, 'Person conducting a business or undertaking' A PCBU may be either:
• the Commonwealth (eg. a department) For the purposes of this procedure the FRDC is the PCBU. |
| 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 |
| PIEF | Primary Industries Education Foundation |
| 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 |
| POHP SC | Pacific Oyster Health Project - Steering Committee |
| POMS | Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome |
| PRMA | Property Risk Management Association |
| Probity | Probity is the evidence of ethical behaviour, and can be defined as complete and confirmed integrity, uprightness and honesty in a particular process. |
| PSPF | Protective Security Policy Framework of the Australian Government |
| PSS | Public Sector Superannuation Scheme |
| PSSAP | Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan |
| PZJA | Protected Zone Joint Authority (Torres Strait) |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QLD | Queensland |
| QDAF | Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| QLDRAC | Queensland Research Advisory Committee |
| QMS | Quality Management Systems |
| QSIA | Queensland Seafood Industry Association |
| RAC | Research Advisory Committee |
| RAG | Resource Assessment Group |
| RD&E | Research Development & Extension |
| RDCs | Research and Development Corporations |
| RDC KTCG | Regional Development Corporation Knowledge Translation and Commercialisation Group |
| Recfish | Recfish Australia (peak recreational fishing body) |
| RFAC | Recreational Fishing Advisory Council |
| RFDP | Recreational Fishing Development Plan |
| RIRDC | Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation |
| RnD4P BSF | Research and Development for profit black soldier fly |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| RPN | Research Providers Network |
| RRD4P | Rural Research and Development for Profit Program |
| RSHA | Rural Safety and Health Alliance |
| SA | South Australia |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SAFS | School of Agriculture and Food Science |
| SAFS | Status of Australian Fish Stock |
| 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 Co-operative 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 |
| SDAC | Standards Development and Accreditation Committee |
| SD | Seafood Directions |
| SDG | Sustainability Development Goal (United Nations) |
| SDO | Standards development organisation |
| SEA | Seafood Experience Australia |
| SEMAC | South East Management Advisory Committee |
| SETFIA | South East Timor Fishing Industry Association |
| SFM | Sydney Fish Market |
| SIA | Seafood Industry Australia |
| SIAA | Seafood Importers Association of Australasia Inc |
| SIL | System Improvement Log |
| SIT | Seafood Industry Tasmania (Tasmanian peak industry body) |
| SISI | Seafood Industry Safety Initiative |
| SIV | Seafood Industry Victoria (Vic peak industry body) |
| SG&WCPFA | Spencer Gulf & West Coast Prawn Fisheries Association |
| SO IPA | Southern Ocean Industry Partnership Agreement |
| SOCo | Select Oyster Company (oyster breeding company owned by NSW oyster industry - no longer operating) |
| SRB | Standards Reference Body |
| SRDC | Sugar Research and Development Corporation |
| SRL | Southern Rocklobster Limited |
| SSA | Seafood Services Australia |
| STAG | Seafood Trade Advisory Group |
| TAG | Technical Advisory Group |
| Tas | Tasmania |
| TASRAC | Tasmanian Research Advisory Committee |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures |
| TEP species | Threatening, Endangered and Protected species |
| TLC | Tiwi Land Council |
| TNFD | Task Force for Natural Related Financial Disclosures |
| 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 |
| TRL | Tropical Rock Lobster |
| TSGA | Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association |
| TSIRC | Torres Strait Island Regional Council |
| TSRA | Torres Strait Regional Authority |
| UAT | User Acceptance Testing |
| UNDOS | United Nations Decade of Ocean Science |
| UNSDGs | United Nations Sustainability Development Goals |
| VFA | Victorian Fisheries Authority |
| Vic | Victoria |
| VicRAC | Victorian Research Advisory Committee |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WADJTSI | Western Australia Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation |
| WAFIC | Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WA peak body) |
| WARAC | Western Australia Research Advisory Committee |
| WCDSC | West Coast Deep Sea Crab |
| WFC | World Fisheries Congress |
| WFCB | Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology |
| WHS | Work Health and Safety |
| WG | Working Group |
| WISA | Women in Seafood Australasia |
| WLDP | Women's Leadership Development Program (Turn the Tide) |
| WPI | Wage Price Index |
| WRFC LOC | World Recreational Fishing Conference Local Organising Committee |
| WRLC | Western Rock Lobster Council |
| WRLCRDAG | Western Rock Lobster Council Rare Diseases Advisory Group |
| ZNE Ag CRC | Zero Net Emissions in Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre |
