Protected species

Protected Species ID Guide

A ‘boat-friendly’ ID guide has been produced by AFMA as a reference and identification tool for fishers in the event of an interaction with a protected species. The guide, intended to go in the wheelhouses of all Commonwealth fishery vessels, has pictures and information about the range of protected species fishers do or have the potential to interact with.

As long as operators are fishing in accordance with their accredited management arrangements, it is not an offence to accidentally interact with a protected species, but it is an offence to not report it.

Funding for the guide was made possible by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust and the Department of the Environment and Water Resources.

Page last updated 31 October, 2007