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18
Jan
2016
AFMA has increased the ability for all fishery stakeholders to comment on the science of the Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) by providing stakeholders with three consultation opportunities over a six week period.
The first of these opportunities commenced...
15
Jan
2016
Under Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 1 2016, Australian Sea Lion Management Zone C has been closed to gillnet fishing.
The closure has been implemented under AFMA’s Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy...
11
Jan
2016
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is seeking applications for member positions on the Commonwealth Fisheries Marine Mammal Working Group. The Commonwealth Fisheries Marine Mammal Working Group is being established to provide advice...
24
Dec
2015
Updated 11 May 2018Fishing in the Small Pelagic FisheryWhat fishing methods are permitted in the Small Pelagic Fishery?Is pair trawling allowed in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery?Why aren’t ‘super trawlers’ banned from fishing in the Small Pelagic...
23
Dec
2015
AFMA is holding a Stakeholder Forum in Hobart on 28 January 2016. The forum is part of a new process the independent AFMA Commission is trialling for seeking scientific and economic advice with respect to the Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF).
The main...
23
Dec
2015
AFMA has published its 2016-17 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 2016-...
23
Dec
2015
AFMA and the Commonwealth fishing industry are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve fisheries management, including reducing bycatch in Commonwealth managed fisheries.
To that end, AFMA has now approved a successful new seabird...
22
Dec
2015
Media Release
A Robe based fisherman has been convicted and fined $9000 for illegally fishing in a dolphin management zone in South Australia.
On 10 December 2015 Robert Giles, the master of an Australian gillnet fishing boat Challenger, was charged...
21
Dec
2015
Media Release
Fisherman in the Commonwealth managed Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery have had a cracker of a year, with great catch rates and good hauls of high quality scallops.
CEO of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Dr...
18
Dec
2015
Media release from Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
After a cracker of a season across many Commonwealth managed fisheries this year, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator...
16
Dec
2015
Joint media release from the Australian Border Force and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has bolstered its maritime security presence in far north Queensland by stationing a Bay Class patrol vessel...
16
Dec
2015
This map shows the size of the Kiribati EEZ (in beige) in comparison to the size of the United States.
Capacity building is an integral part of combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. To that end, over the last three years,...
16
Dec
2015
The levy rates for 2015-16 have been set.
The total levy for the 2015-16 will be divided into three instalments. The first of the three invoices will be sent out on 13 January 2016, with payment due on 10 February 2016. Invoices two and...
16
Dec
2015
Under the Small Pelagic Fishery (Closures) Direction No.1 2015, zone 6 detailed in the Direction, was closed to mid-water trawling for a period of six months from 17 June 2015. The zone was closed a result of a dolphin mortality by the fishing vessel...
11
Dec
2015
Media release
With Australian tiger prawn catches from the Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) being the best in close to two decades, there has never been a better time to throw an Australian prawn on the barbie over the festive season.
Tiger...
10
Dec
2015
NOTE: Update on AFMA’s draft 2016 CRIS.
AFMA has now published its CRIS using the new model. Please visit AFMA’s Corporate Publications to access the CRIS.
NOTE: Update on consultation about AFMA’s draft 2016 CRIS.
AFMA has updated its draft 2016 CRIS...
04
Dec
2015
Consultation with the recreation fishing sector is an important part of AFMA’s Commonwealth fisheries management and we recently hosted the sixth Recreational Fishers Forum at our offices in Canberra.
The twice yearly forums are designed to give...
04
Dec
2015
The master of the Indonesian fishing vessel Kawan Mulia (translation: ‘Noble Friend’) was convicted yesterday and fined $10,000 for illegal fishing after being caught red-handed with seven longlines unlawfully deployed in Australia’s...
01
Dec
2015
Media release from Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, has welcomed today’s negotiations between the commercial and...
30
Nov
2015
The Commission met in Perth on 28-29 October 2015. The meeting was preceded by attendance at the 2015 Seafood Directions conference, at which the Commission Chairman, the Hon Norman Moore, gave a presentation on “Being proud of what we have achieved in...