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30
Nov
2015
Media release from Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston.
Australia’s southern bluefin tuna (SBT) industry is on track for another good season with the catch limit for the 2015-16 season remaining at the highest level since the 1980s. The season will start...
30
Nov
2015
AFMA is focusing our education and compliance programs on the issue of bycatch in December and January. AFMA is committed to reducing bycatch in Commonwealth fisheries.
Fisheries officers, along with AFMA’s Bycatch team, will be conducting education...
27
Nov
2015
Media release from Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Anne Ruston has congratulated the commercial and recreational fishing sectors for recommencing negotiations on...
20
Nov
2015
AFMA and the Commonwealth fishing industry are leading the way in the Asia-Pacific, using new technology to improve fisheries management. Electronic monitoring (e‑monitoring) uses an on-board system of sensors and video cameras to monitor and record...
17
Nov
2015
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is seeking applications for Chairpersons of various management advisory committees (MAC) and resource assessment groups (RAG). We are seeking applicants for the next three year terms, generally from...
16
Nov
2015
Media release
Last Friday was definitely a black one for Mr Elias Missa, master of the foreign fishing vessel, Nurlaelah. Mr Missa was convicted on Friday, 13 November 2015 for illegally fishing in Australian waters around Ashmore Island. The vessel...
13
Nov
2015
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE
Illegal fishing in Australian waters will not be tolerated, as evidenced by this week’s apprehension of a foreign vessel suspected of illegally fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) east of the Ashmore Islands. The...
12
Nov
2015
With the recreational and game fishing season beginning again in early 2017, Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) operators are reminded of the ETBF Code of Practice for Responsible Fishing in relation to recreational fishing events in NSW.
The...
09
Nov
2015
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) congratulates two of our Commonwealth fisheries ‘family’, the Northern Prawn Fishery Industry (NPFI) Ltd and Claire Webber from the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) on...
06
Nov
2015
Media release.
Foreign fishers apprehended for illegally fishing inside the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) last month were found guilty at a hearing in Darwin earlier this week.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), in partnership with...
04
Nov
2015
AFMA would like to remind fishers that Fisheries Officers on patrol are not just there to ‘catch out’ operators doing the wrong thing, they are also there to help fishers understand and comply with their obligations under fisheries legislation. Fishers...
30
Oct
2015
The below letter was provided to Mr Richard Baines, in reply to his email regarding AFMA’s request for corrections to the reporting Calls for long-term plan to protect threatened species form commercial fishing....
30
Oct
2015
Media release
Australians can continue to eat local seafood from Commonwealth managed fisheries knowing it is sustainable with the Fishery status reports 2015 released today by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and...
29
Oct
2015
As part of our red tape reduction agenda AFMA is proposing to amend the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
The amendment would primarily enable the granting of Statutory Fishing Rights to owners of...
23
Oct
2015
The below letter was provided to Georgie Burgess in response to her article published in the Tasmania publications The Examiner and The Advocate on 21 October 2015. AFMA sought a correction over inaccurate attribution of statements to the Agency...
23
Oct
2015
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) 2014-15 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament today (23 October 2015).
This report provides details of the operations and performance of the AFMA for the financial year ending 30 June 2015....
23
Oct
2015
Joint media release with Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Australia’s commitment to combatting illegal fishing was reinforced by the apprehension of a foreign fishing vessel on Wednesday by Maritime Border Command (MBC), in...
21
Oct
2015
Forum Fisheries Agency Media Release. AFMA Officers participated in this operation.
Friday 16th October 2015, FFA RFSC, Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS –The largest intel and analysis team to ever take part in any Pacific fisheries...
16
Oct
2015
Nominations for Small Pelagic Fishery Scientific Panel
AFMA is calling for nominations for scientific members on the Small Pelagic Fishery Scientific Panel (Scientific Panel). Positions will be for a period of up to two years. We are looking for...
16
Oct
2015
The independent AFMA Commission will trial a scientific panel, together with stakeholder forums, as the way for the Commission to receive scientific and economic advice about the management of the Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF).
The Scientific Panel and...