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25
Jun
2015
This July AFMA fisheries officers will be targeting boats fishing or navigating below 5 knots in closed areas.
It is a breach of permit conditions to fish or navigating below 5 knots in a closed area. If caught fishers may be fined or prosecuted.
AFMA...
24
Jun
2015
From left to right: Jay Shoesmith, Rob Hambley, Graham Potter, Peter Maslen, Annie Jarrett, Neil Harris, Jeff Clarkson, Phil Robson, Mark Robson and Stefan Diakas.AFMA congratulates the Commonwealth managed Northern Prawn Fishing Industry Pty Ltd (NPFI)...
22
Jun
2015
Showcasing Australia’s excellence in fisheries management, two more of our Commonwealth fishery operators are now in the final stages of independent certification by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).Petuna Sealord Deepwater Fishing fishing for...
22
Jun
2015
Electronic monitoring (e-monitoring) will be mandatory for all full time* boats in the Eastern and Western Tuna and Billfish (ETBF and WTBF) fisheries and the Gillnet Hook and Trap (GHAT) sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery...
19
Jun
2015
Under the Small Pelagic Fishery (Closures) Direction No.1 2015, zone 6 detailed in the Direction, has been closed to mid-water trawling methods for a period of six months from 17 June 2015. This is a result of a common dolphin mortality recorded in...
18
Jun
2015
NOTICE
With all Small Pelagic Fishery Resource Assessment Group (SPFRAG) members completing their term on 30 June 2015, AFMA is taking the opportunity to review how the independent AFMA Commission receives scientific advice regarding the Small Pelagic...
05
Jun
2015
Media release
Commonwealth fisheries are in great shape and with Monday being World Oceans Day, what a fitting time to celebrate our sustainable, commercial fishing industry and get stuck into a feed of locally caught, Aussie seafood.
The Acting CEO of...
27
May
2015
Working with Fisheries Enforcement officers from the Kiribati Ministry for Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD) and Maritime Police Officers, AFMA recently conducted Port State Inspection training building on their capacity to conduct...
15
May
2015
Joint media release
The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
Friday, 15 May 2015
The Australian Government has welcomed news...
15
May
2015
AFMA’s compliance policy, program and risk based methodologies are being used as examples of ‘world’s best practice’ for fisheries management by Michigan State University Doctoral student, and author of the Breaching The Blue blog, Mr Mark Gibson.
Mark...
15
May
2015
The 46th AFMA Commission meeting was held in April 2015, below is a summary from the Chairman, Norman Moore.
The Commission met in Canberra on 29 to 30 April 2015, enabling a number of Commissioners to attend as observers at AFMA’s...
12
May
2015
International fisheries obligations have come into effect following acceptance of the Fisheries Management (International Agreements) Regulations 2009 (the Regulations) by the Governor-General at the meeting of the Executive Council on 16 April 2015....
12
May
2015
AFMA can track fishing boat locations via vessel monitoring systems
During June 2015, AFMA will be targeting vessel monitoring system (VMS) compliance.
All boats nominated to Commonwealth concessions are required to have a VMS unit operating at all...
11
May
2015
Delegates of the 5th Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Sub-Regional Group Meeting.
AFMA hosted the 5th Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Sub-Regional (Arafura and Timor Seas) Group meeting in Darwin on 11 to 13 March 2015. Delegates...
07
May
2015
Media release
Border Protection Command (BPC), working closely with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), has apprehended a foreign fishing vessel approximately two nautical miles north of Ashmore Island, suspected of illegally fishing...
06
May
2015
Media release
Mid-water trawlers in the Small Pelagic Fishery, including the Geelong Star, will only be allowed to fish during daytime hours as part of more restrictive measures put in place by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
The...
06
May
2015
Officer’s from AFMA, MMEA, the Royal Malaysian Police, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, the Malaysian Marine Department and the Department of Fisheries Malaysia.
AFMA and the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) have joined...
04
May
2015
AFMA’s CEO, Dr James Findlay will be on personal leave for approximately two months from Monday, 11 May 2015. This leave is being taken for a scheduled operation. Pending the recovery period, Dr Findlay is expected to be back in the office...
02
May
2015
Statement 2 May 2015
AFMA has been advised of four further dolphin mortalities from fishing by the Geelong Star, the vessel nominated by Seafish Tasmania Ltd to fish in the Small Pelagic Fishery. The mortalities occurred in one shot during the vessel’s...
01
May
2015
Media release
Today marks the start of the 2015-16 fishing season in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) and for the fourth year in a row, the total catch limit for the fishery has increased.
“The SESSF is one of Australia’s...