Abbreviations used in this document:

• AMPTO Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators

• ANCA Australian Nature Conservation Agency

• ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council

• A&TSI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

• Conservationists Conservation groups, at both the national and international scale

• CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

• DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• GBR Great Barrier Reef

• GBRMP Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

• GBRMPA Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

• GBRR Great Barrier Reef Region

• GIS Geographic Information System

• IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

• JCUNQ James Cook University of North Queensland

• OR2000 Ocean Rescue 2000

• QB&FP Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol

• QCFO Queensland Commercial Fishermen’s Organisation

• QDEH Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage

• QDPI Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries

• QDoT Queensland Department of Transport

• QFMA Queensland Fish Management Authority

• Researchers Scientific community, whether or not they are employed by an agency

• Scientific Biologists, ecologists, anthropologists, and Community geographers involved in research related to turtles and dugongs

• SPREP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

• T&D Review Group Turtle and Dugong Review Group

• WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

Related Links

• Find out more about Dugongs
• Find out more about Threatened Species