AFMA Update
AFMA Update is a monthly newsletter to keep our many stakeholders regularly informed of what is happening at AFMA.
The latest editions of AFMA Update can be viewed by clicking on any of the updates listed below. Earlier editions can be accessed from the AFMA Update archive.
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Current edition
Volume 10, Issue 5 – 22 May 2013
- The mystery of the green string – revealed
- Industry jigs to a new tune
- Crackdown on vessel monitoring compliance
- AFMA’s future direction – fishery stakeholders tell us their views
- AFMA and the Territory work wonders with compliance
- AFMA observer gets a dash of Chile
- Fishers do their bit to protect seabirds
- The AFMA Moon Calendar is back!
- Who has access to Electronic Monitoring data?
- AFMA takes part in Coral Sea patrol
- Changes to Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Zones in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery
Previous 2013 editions
Volume 10, Issue 4 – 19 April 2013
- Industry innovation is saving birds in the South East Trawl
- Australia’s marine resources key to our economic future
- Patagonian Toothfish Total Allowable Catches set for 2013/14
- E-monitoring now available for all Commonwealth fisheries
- GoFish now available to Apple MAC users
- AFMA Commission’s Annual Public Meeting
- Northern Prawn fishers accredited in bycatch reduction
- Invitation for submissions on proposed Management Plan amendments in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and South-East Scalefish and Shark fishery
- AFMA officers work with Timor Leste to Combat Illegal Fishing
- Members wanted for Resource Assessment Groups (RAGs)
- Call for nominations: South East Management Advisory Committee and Great Australian Bight Management Advisory Committee
- Northern Prawn Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Tiger Prawns feature at Japanese Aussie Food Fair
- Western and Central Pacific Ocean activities – Operation RAI BALANG
Volume 10, Issue 3 – 02 April 2013
- A slugs life
- Free mapping tool for Australian fish
- Quota flexibility for 2013 fishing season
- Payment plans for 2012-13 levies now available
- Indonesia and Australia coordinate patrols
- Northern prawn fishers walk the talk on sustainability
- AFMA finds high levels of compliance
- More sustainable seafood for Aussie consumers
- Management Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair appointments
- Tough stance against non-compliance
Volume 10, Issue 2 – 22 February 2013
- Kids get hooked on sustainable fisheries
- AFMA aims to take out big fish
- Hook, lion and sinker: Gillnet closures save sea lion colonies
- Research projects set to assist Torres Strait fisheries
- Observers kick off ocean sunfish sampling
- AFMA gets new VMS system
- Northern Prawn Fishery pre-season surveys
- AFMA cracks down on holiday VMS breaches
- Fisheries to get standard quota rules
- Amendments improve Macquarie Island Toothfish plan
- Call for Southern Bluefin Tuna advisory committee nominations
Volume 10, Issue 1 – 17 January 2013
- Plenty of fish in the sea, says Commonwealth fisheries report
- AFMA to assist research on turtle tangles
- Macquarie Island mystery
- AFMA helps petroleum and fishing industries to share the ocean
- Australian high seas season starts on a positive note
- 2013 management arrangements unchanged for the Northern Prawn Fishery
- Southern squid jig season gets underway
Hot Topics
Latest News
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to Protect Dolphins
- Draft Shark Plan 2
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
- Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management arrangements booklet 2011
- Freedom of Information
