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Feb
2017
Elisa Plati – a 2017 AFMA Graduate
At the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) we just love our graduates. Each year participants of the AFMA Graduate Program partake in three rotations across AFMA and the Department of Agriculture and...
17
Feb
2017
Joint media release from Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Australian Border Force and Parks Australia.
Two Vietnamese fishing vessels and their crew of 29 men suspected of illegally fishing near Saumarez reef in the Coral Sea marine...
14
Feb
2017
Readers of AFMA News may be aware that AFMA regularly hears from international guest speakers on the latest of fisheries management in their country.
In January Dr Alex Caveen from Seafish UK (a UK Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) set up by the...
13
Feb
2017
International collaboration is just one way the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) demonstrates support for best practice in global fisheries management.
During January, AFMA hosted fisheries officials from Indonesia and Chile with the...
13
Feb
2017
Mario Kart first launched in Australia in 1992.
Those following the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) on Facebook will be aware that on Friday, 3 February 2017, AFMA celebrated our 25th birthday!
We thought we would take AFMA News...
12
Feb
2017
Media release from the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
A new bycatch device has delivered impressive results that will improve the sustainability of fishing operations of wild catch prawns in Australia’s Northern Prawn Fishery....
08
Feb
2017
Joint media release Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Australian Border Force and Parks Australia
A Vietnamese fishing vessel suspected of illegally fishing in Australian waters has been apprehended off the coast of Cairns.
Maritime Border...
08
Feb
2017
Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) help the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) monitor the position, course and speed of Commonwealth fishing vessels and are a key tool in ensuring compliance of the Commonwealth fishing fleet.
AFMA...
06
Feb
2017
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is always interested about hearing the latest news in fisheries management from both within Australia and globally.
Last month, United States (US) based fishing technology and fish behaviour...
03
Feb
2017
AFMA has published its 2017-18 total allowable catch (TAC) recommendations paper for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark fishery (SESSF). This paper outlines AFMA Management’s recommendations of TACs for species in the SESSF for the 2017-...
02
Feb
2017
What do the band Hanson and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) have in common? Both were formed in 1992! That’s right, for a quarter of a century, AFMA has been regulating our Commonwealth fisheries, helping to ensure that current and...
31
Jan
2017
Joint media release from The Hon Anne Ruston Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and the Hon Joe Francis WA Minister for Fisheries.
Working across jurisdictional boundaries, the federal Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources,...
31
Jan
2017
Public submissions have now closed.
The deadline for commenting on an application to pair trawl in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) has been extended to Friday, 10 February 2017.
View the pair trawling application.
Make a submission.
On 8...
30
Jan
2017
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) annual public meeting will be held on Wednesday 1 March 2017 in Canberra. All stakeholders are invited to attend.
This meeting gives stakeholders the opportunity to meet with AFMA Commissioners....
30
Jan
2017
Have you checked out AFMA’s Facebook page yet?
AFMA is now in the social media world and will be regularly posting and sharing the latest information on Commonwealth fisheries management – not to mention sharing some of the fantastic images of this...
25
Jan
2017
With the best season in 15 years, there has never been a better time to enjoy succulent scallops from the Commonwealth Bass Strait Central Zone Fishery.
Bass Strait scallops are caught commercially in Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria. While...
22
Jan
2017
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is seeking applications for the position of Recreational Member on the South East Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC). A member for a term commencing February 2017 to 30 June 2019 in line with...
20
Jan
2017
After a lot of hard work and commitment from the commercial seafood industry to establish a national peak body, nominations are now being sought for board members of the proposed Seafood Industry Australia body (SIA). This project is being...
19
Jan
2017
Media release from Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Australia is hosting around 150 international delegates for the fifth Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), which...
16
Jan
2017
It’s not too late to have your say on an application to pair trawl (where two boats are used to fish using a trawl net) in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF).
Submissions can be made at afma.gov.au and will close on 31 January 2017.
View the...