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Licensing and quota management forms

Have you considered using GoFish?

GoFish is AFMA’s online Licensing and Quota Managment facility, developed with industry representatives.

GoFish gives you information in real time as well as being a cheaper alternative to submitting paper based application forms.

With GOFish, you can:

• Lease and transfer your fishing concessions
• nominate a boat to your fishing concession
• view quota and catch information
• receive messages from AFMA
• keep your contact details up to date

Visit our GoFish page for more information.

Licensing and quota management forms

The following forms can be used to register your licensing transactions with AFMA, to nominate a boat to your concessions as well as various other Licensing and Quota Management functions.

Seasonal lease and permanent transfer applications forms (Note: fees not applicable)

Code	Form
LC	Seasonal Lease Application (PDF, 110kb)
TC	Permanent Transfer Application (PDF, 45kb)

Seasonal lease and permanent transfer attachments

Code	Attachments
ETBF	Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 89kb)
MIT	Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (PDF, 38kb)
NPF	Northern Prawn Fishery (PDF, 46kb)
SBT	Southern Bluefin Tuna (PDF, 46kb)
SCA	Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (PDF, 45kb)
SDW	Shark and Deepwater Species (PDF, 69kb)
SESS	Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (PDF, 77kb)
SPF	Small Pelagic Fishery (PDF, 818kb)
SQJ	Southern Squid Jig Fishery (PDF, 46kb)
HIMI	Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (PDF, 32kb)
WTBF	Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 63kb)

Boat Nomination - Statutory Fishing Rights (SFRs) and Fishing Permits Application form (Note:there is a $300 fee to nominate a boat to a Fishing Permit. There are no application fees for nominating a boat to SFRs)

Code	Form
BN	Boat Nomination - Statutory Fishing Rights and Fishing Permits (PDF, 186kb)

Boat Nomination - Statutory Fishing Rights (SFRs) and Fishing Permits attachments

Code	Attachment
BN-SESS	Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (PDF, 65kb)
BN-ETBF	Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 85kb)
BN-WTBF	Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 52kb)
BN-MIT	Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (PDF, 54kb)
BN-NPF	Northern Prawn Fishery (PDF, 46kb)
BN-SCA	Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (PDF, 42kb)
BN-SDW	Shark and Deepwater Species (PDF, 53kb)
BN-HIMI	Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (PDF, 31kb)
BN-SBT	Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (PDF, 50kb)
BN-SPF	Small Pelagic Fishery (PDF, 565kb)
BN- SQJ	Southern Squid Jig Fishery (PDF, 41kb)
BN-HS	High Seas (PDF, 43kb)
DNID	Data Network Identifier Download Agreement (PDF, 30kb)
IDA	IDA Inmarsat Distress Alert Contact Details (PDF, 70kb)

Other licensing and quota management forms (including fees)

Code	Form
FR	Application for fish receiver permit (PDF, 77kb) - $150
	Application to receive Southern Bluefin Tuna (PDF, 48kb) - No fee
FP1	Application for fishing permit (PDF, 730kb) - $100
PP	Application for port permit (PDF, 1.1MB) - $750 Port Access Guidelines (Word, 1MB) Port Access Guidelines (PDF, 502kb)
TP	Application for Transfer of Fishing Permits (PDF, 1MB) - $300
HS1	HS1 – Application for high seas fishing permit (PDF, 795kb) - $400
AA	Authorised Agent Nomination form (PDF, 300kb) - No fee
AGR	Application for GOFish Registration (PDF, 227kb) - No fee
	GOFish Licensing Agent Permissions Form (PDF, 89kb) - No fee
SC	Notification of surrender (PDF, 71kb) - No fee
SP1	Application for scientific permit (PDF, 63kb) - No fee
	Northern Prawn Fishery Export to US – Summary Form (PDF, 43kb) - No fee
	FAO Species Codes (PDF, 2.3MB) - No fee

European Community (EC) catch certificates

EC Catch Certificates are required for export of Commonwealth species to Member States of the European Union. To be vaildated by AFMA.

EC catch certificates

Form	Description
EC Catch Certificate (PDF, 21kb)	For vessels = or > 12m without towed gear, OR = or > 8m with towed gear, OR with a superstructure, OR = or > measured 20 GT (no fee)
EC Catch Certificate – simplified (PDF, 16kb)	For vessels < 12m without towed gear, OR < 8m with towed gear, OR without a superstructure, OR of < measured 20 GT (no fee)
Appendix 1. EC Transport details (PDF, 7kb)	To submit to Member State of EU with CCSBT catch documentation for export of SBT – does not require AFMA approval. Advice on the requirements of the EC regulation is available in the Australian Government, AQIS Market Advice (December 2009) on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website. Instructions on how to complete a catch certificate is provided in the ‘Handbook on the practical application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008’  (PDF, 260kb) available from the Globefish website.

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