Media releases

The following table lists Australian Fisheries Management Authority media releases from 2005.

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Date	Title	Released by
23 December	Southern Ocean patrol exposes toothfish boats outside Australian waters	Minister
19 December	Joint Australian-Indonesian patrols in the fight against illegal fishing	Minister
19 December	Meeting to tackle illegal fishing	Minister
16 December	New measures a watershed for Commonwealth fisheries	AFMA
14 December	Securing Our Fishing Future	Minister
14 December	Marine initiatives to sustain environment and industry	Minister
14 December	Illegal vessels arrested in the Torres Strait	Minister
13 December	Four boats arrested off Western Australia	Minister
5 December	Strong presence continues against illegal fishing	Minister
2 December	Illegal fishers jailed for 10 months	Minister
27 November	Yesterday's plan from yesterday's man	Minister
23 November	A sustainable future for Australia's Southern and Eastern Fisheries	AFMA
23 November	A sustainable and profitable future for Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery	AFMA
25 November	Strong presence leads to fishing arrests	Minister
24 November	Government acts for a sustainable fishing future	Minister
23 November	$220m to secure Australia's fishing future	Minister/AFMA
14 November	Ministers reject misleading claims on illegal fishing, key infrastructure	Minister
10 November	Fishos study prawn ecosystems	AFMA
9 November	A fair share proposed by the PZJA	Minister
7 November	Ice boat arrested in weekend patrols	Minister
5 November	Viarsa 1 verdict	Minister
3 November	New report exposes flag of convenience countries	Minister
31 October	World cooperation sought to fight illegal fishing	Minister
21 October	Double century of illegal fishing arrests	Minister
20 October	Waters clearer thanks to intense operation	Minister
20 October	Big increase in border protection for northern Australia	Minister
19 October	Macdonald calls for UN to review Law of the Sea	Minister
14 October	Disposal of fish from foreign fishing vessels	AFMA
13 October	Sustainable future for tuna and billfish fisheries	Minister
11 October	$88 million boost to combat foreign fishing in Northern Australian waters	Minister
9 October	Government/seafood industry plan for the long-term	Minister
6 October	Greater legislative clarity for Commonwealth fisheries	Minister
29 September	A secure future now closer for shark fishers	AFMA
28 September	Charges laid against crew of foreign fishing vessel	Minister
28 September	Armed patrol boat makes northern arrests	Minister
21 September	Seven illegal fishing boats arrested	Minister
12 September	Australia boards suspected illegal foreign fishing boat south of Tasmania	Minister
8 September	Trawling the net just got easier	AFMA
8 August	Tuna zones eased as cold currents shift south	AFMA
28 July	Cold currents see change to tuna zones off East Coast	AFMA
11 July	Tiger prawns make a comeback	AFMA
17 June	Conserving southern bluefin tuna off Australia’s east coast	AFMA
8 June	New approach to save seabirds and sharks	AFMA
23 May	Only Australian boats can fish in Australian Antarctic fisheries	AFMA
13 May	Indonesian fisherman suffers burns	AFMA
9 May	‘TED’s’ prove their worth in Northern Prawn Fishery	AFMA
28 April	Death of foreign fisherman in Darwin harbour	AFMA
18 April	Fisheries go high-tech in new video trial	AFMA
8 April	Fleet ready for ‘shot-gun’ start to banana prawn season	AFMA
6 April	Fisheries sustainability focus of Hobart meeting	AFMA
4 March	Surveys help to secure future of Northern Prawn Fishery	AFMA
7 January	New strategy to reduce dolphin interactions	AFMA

Media releases - 2005