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30
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) would like to say a big thank you to one of AFMA’s longest-serving Committee members, Les Scott.
Based in Tasmania, Les has been an industry member on the Sub-Antarctic Resource Assessment Group (...
30
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is aware of images released by the Stop the Trawler Alliance claiming to show the Geelong Star’s interaction with a whale shark on 11 February 2016.
AFMA has reviewed the images and confirms the...
28
Jun
2016
Public comment is now closed.The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) has released the draft Torres Strait Fishery (Quotas for Tropical Rock Lobster (Kaiar)) Management Plan 2016 (the draft Plan) for public comment.The Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery is...
28
Jun
2016
Joint media release: Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Australian Border Force and Parks Australia
Thirty Vietnamese foreign fishermen from two separate vessels pleaded guilty and were convicted for breaking Australian fisheries and...
26
Jun
2016
As international demand for species such as bêche-de-mer increases, the ongoing presence of Maritime Border Command (MBC) in collaboration with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) continues to pay off in the Torres Strait region.
On...
24
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) congratulates the CEO of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), Mr Wayne See Kee, for his recognition of service on the 2016 Queens Birthday Honours List.
He was awarded a Public Service Medal...
24
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has extended the public comment period for the Vessel Management Plan (VMP) for the Geelong Star by two weeks to allow more time for comments to be submitted. Comments are now due by 11 July...
24
Jun
2016
Joint media release from The Hon Peter Dutton Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator The Hon Marise Payne for Defence and Senator the Hon Anne Ruston Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources.
Two foreign fishing vessels...
20
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) congratulates Austral Fisheries on selling its first carbon neutral catch.
After becoming carbon neutral certified in April 2016, Austral Fisheries recently sold the first ever carbon neutral unload...
16
Jun
2016
Illegal fishing is once again in the spotlight following a United Nations Development Program (UNEP) and INTERPOL Rapid Response Assessment looking at the rise of Environmental Crime including transnational organised environmental crime and the illegal...
09
Jun
2016
Team Akubic, from Taiwan has taken out the global prize in the third annual Fishackathon announced by the Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State announced on Wednesday June 8 – World Oceans Day. The team will receive...
07
Jun
2016
Today is World Oceans Day and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is encouraging people to celebrate everything that our oceans bring to the Australian community, including a healthy supply of fresh, and importantly, sustainable...
06
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has recently reviewed the Vessel Management Plan (VMP) for the Geelong Star and is now releasing this revised draft VMP for public comment.
This VMP is a boat-specific statutory requirement...
04
Jun
2016
Joint media release: Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Australian Border Force and Parks Australia
Two foreign fishing vessels believed to be Vietnamese were apprehended on Thursday in waters off north Queensland for suspected illegal fishing...
02
Jun
2016
Sea trials of an exciting new industry-designed bycatch reduction device (BRD) will take place in the Gulf of Carpentaria over the next two weeks. The device, called ‘Kons Covered Fisheyes’, has been designed by Kon Triantopoulos, a former skipper and...
01
Jun
2016
Joint media release between the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Australian Border Force
Following a joint operation by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Maritime Border Command (MBC) within the Australian Border...
01
Jun
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is reminding all operators in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) of changes to Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) zone arrangements for the 2016 season.
Changes have been made to ensure SBT is...
25
May
2016
At the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) we are always looking for ways to ensure that our stakeholders have easily accessible information about our fisheries management.
We work with a range of stakeholders across the commercial fishing...
24
May
2016
The sustainability of the whole marine environment is important to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) when making decisions about Commonwealth fisheries. To help ensure that the latest research and science is being used to support the...
24
May
2016
Ten Papua New Guinean fishers pleaded guilty and were convicted on Friday, 13 May 2016 in Darwin for commercial fishing inside the Torres Strait Protected Zone. Two of the fishers were also convicted for obstructing Commonwealth officials during the...