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Antarctic Territory.

ACAP                          Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done 19 June 2001, 2258 UNTS 257 (entered into force 1 February 2004).

AFMA                          Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

ANARE                         Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.

Australian Fishing Zone       Area of waters between three nautical miles and 200 nautical miles seaward of the baselines.

Australia's jurisdiction      The area over which Australia has the power to make legal decisions and judgements.

ATEP Act                      Antarctic Treaty Environment Protection Act 1980 (Cth).

Bycatch                       Unintentional catch of a seabird during fishing.

Caught                        Where a seabird is either hooked, entangled or struck by fishing gear, regardless of whether the seabird is landed on board the fishing vessel.

CBD                           Convention on Biological Diversity.

CMS                           Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, done 23 June 1979, 1651 UNTS 333 (entered into force 1 November 1983).

DCCEEW                        Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

EEZ                           Exclusive Economic Zone—area of waters between 12 nautical miles and 200 nautical miles seaward of the baselines.

Electronic monitoring system  Video recording system involving cameras positioned on a fishing vessel enabling fishing operations (including setting and hauling) to be recorded, and viewed later by regulatory authorities for management purposes.

EPBC Act                      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).

FAO                           Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Fishing gear                  Any fishing gear deployed by a fishing vessel including seabird mitigation devices and technologies.

Fishing operator           Legal or natural person who holds a fishing concession, as defined under fisheries legislation: for example, the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth).

Gillnet fishing            Gillnets are long rectangular nets, which are set horizontally along the ocean floor. The nets are kept vertical by floats along the top and weights along the bottom. Fish swim into the net and are entangled by the gills, fins and spines.

Harmful marine debris      All plastics and other types of debris from domestic or international sources that may cause harm to vertebrate marine wildlife. This includes land-sourced plastic garbage (for example, bags, bottles, ropes, fibreglass, piping, insulation, paints and adhesives), derelict fishing gear from recreational and commercial fishing activities, and ship-sourced, solid non-biodegradable floating materials lost or disposed of at sea.

HIMI                       External Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.

Impact                     A marked effect or influence.

Independent monitoring     Monitoring of fishing operations by regulatory authorities using a scientific observer or other independent observer, and/or an electronic monitoring system.

Interaction                In the context of this recovery plan an interaction with a seabird occurs where a seabird is observed as caught under one of the following situations:

                               1. Dead not landed on board—birds observed to be killed by direct interaction with fishing gear, but not landed on the