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WADN & HFMAC
Western Australian Demersal Net & Hook Fisheries Management Advisory Committee

 
WAFIC
WA Fishing Industry Council
 
WAFMRL
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
 
WAMRL
Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories
 
Waste
Material unused and rejected, determined to be worthless or unwanted.
 
Water quality
A term used to describe the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose.
 
Water vascular system
A network of water-filled canals in echinoderms used in locomotion and food gathering.
 
Weather
The state of the atmosphere at a given time in terms of such phenomena as temperature, wind, clouds and precipitation.
 
Wetfish
Cartilaginous (e.g. sharks and rays) and scale fish or finfish (e.g. dhufish and snapper).
 
Wetfishing
Any fishery or fishing activity which targets cartilaginous fish and finfish.
 
Wetlining
Fishing activities for which there are no restrictions on the number of commercially licensed fishing vessels with access.
 
Whale
Marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having the general shape of a fish but with flippers, a tail with horizontal flukes, and one or two blowholes for breathing.
 
Whites (rock lobster)
Newly moulted juvenile migrating lobsters.
 
Whole weight
Measuring weight of an animal before processing, such as heading, gutting, and shucking.
 
WRLC
Western Rock Lobster Council
 
WRLDA
Western Rock Lobster Development Association
 
 
 

 

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