Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Issues Paper
Department of the Environment and Heritage, May 2005
ISBN 0 6425 5082 4
Abbreviations
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CMS | Convention on Migratory Species |
| DEH | The Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| EPBC | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 |
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union |
| TSSC | Threatened Species Scientific Committee |
| UNCLOS | The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WA CALM | The Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management |