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01
Sep
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) runs a graduate program every year to help develop the next generation of AFMA leaders. For the past few years, AFMA has partnered with our portfolio agency, the Department of Agriculture and Water...
01
Sep
2016
Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) help the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) to monitor vessel position, course and speed of all of our 300+ Commonwealth fishing vessels. This helps to ensure that operators are complying with the rules and...
23
Aug
2016
Joint media release: Australian Border Force and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority
A joint operation by the Australian Border Force (ABF), the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the Indonesian Ministry of Marine...
18
Aug
2016
It is National Science Week so let’s celebrate the inspiring work of our scientists and the important role science and technology plays in understanding our fisheries.
Seventy percent of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans – the sheer size and...
17
Aug
2016
Compliance, enforcement and monitoring is a pivotal part of management of Commonwealth fisheries. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) applies a risk based, intelligence driven approach to targeting its compliance resources in the...
11
Aug
2016
Joint media release: Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Australian Border Force
Australia’s engagement with its international partners to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has again been showcased during...
10
Aug
2016
Public comment is closed.The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) in accordance with provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC ACT) has released a draft Strategic Assessment Report for the Torres Strait...
10
Aug
2016
Last week, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s (AFMA) Andrew Trappett shared his experiences about his time as the inaugural South East Trawl Industry Association (SETFIA) Liaison Officer. AFMA now introduces Liaison Officer...
03
Aug
2016
Last year the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), together with the South East Trawl Industry Association (SETFIA) created an Industry Liaison Officer position to help develop and work on projects involving both industry and AFMA. ...
27
Jul
2016
Capacity building with our regional partners is a pivotal part of fisheries management. To help develop our region’s future fisheries managers, on 21-22 July 2016 AFMA hosted 25 Indonesian students undertaking a Sustainable Fisheries Management...
27
Jul
2016
In Australia, efforts to deter illegal fishing are not the exclusive jurisdiction of just one agency. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) works closely with other Australian and state government agencies, in additional to our...
26
Jul
2016
Joint media release from The Hon Peter Dutton Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, and Senator the Hon Anne Ruston Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources.
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing will not be...
22
Jul
2016
Expect to see an abundance of Australian scallops in seafood retailers from next week with the opening of the Commonwealth Scallop Fishery in Bass Strait today.
With the catch limit set at 3000 tonnes for this season, the highest the fishery has seen...
21
Jul
2016
To ensure that sustainable commercial catch limits continue to be set for orange roughy, CSIRO scientists onboard the FV Empress Pearl have been conducting research off eastern Tasmania to measure the amount of orange roughy stock.
Orange roughy were...
17
Jul
2016
The tiger prawn season officially opens on 1 August 2016 in the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF).
To ensure all operators are up to date with the NPF requirements the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will be attending key ports to conduct...
15
Jul
2016
Being followed by an albatross is considered to bring good luck to mariners but the birds themselves aren’t always so lucky when trying to pick up a free feed from fishing boats.
To better protect seabirds from fishing gear, AFMA has been working with...
13
Jul
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) can report that Australia’s number one choice for fish and chips – gummy shark (flake) – has had a bumper season.
Commercial fishers in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery reported a...
06
Jul
2016
Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) is now being caught in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF). The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is reminding all operators of the arrangements for fishing SBT this season.
Changes to the SBT zone...
04
Jul
2016
This month the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is cracking down on threatened, endangered and protected (TEP) species reporting.
It is the fisher’s responsibility to report all TEP interactions. AFMA will be taking a zero tolerance...
30
Jun
2016
There’s great news for the fishing industry and seafood consumers now that more mahi mahi can now be landed and sold by operators in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (WTBF).
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has assessed mahi...