The Commission

From 1 July 2008, while AFMA remains a body corporate, there are no AFMA directors. 

• A commission is responsible for domestic fisheries management
• A chief executive officer is responsible for foreign compliance, and for assisting the commission and giving effect to its decisions.

The CEO is also a commissioner, and is appointed on a full-time basis.  All other commissioners are appointed on a part-time basis.

Commissioners are appointed on the basis of their high level of expertise in one or more of the fields of fisheries management, fishing industry operations, science, natural resource management, economics, business or financial management, law, public sector administration or governance.  Commissioners cannot hold any executive position in a fishing industry association, nor can they have a controlling interest or executive role in any entity holding a Commonwealth fishing concession.

The inaugural commissioners were appointed to 31 December 2008

Page last updated 31 July, 2008