Licensing and quota management forms

Payment methods

AFMA accepts payment by:

  1. Cheque or money order
    Please make your cheque payable to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and send to Box 7051, Canberra Business Centre, Canberra ACT 2601
  2. Credit
    If you would like to pay by credit please ring 1300 723 621.  We only accept Visa and MasterCard.
  3. BPay
    BPay can only be used to pay levy invoices.
    Biller code: 96719
    Reference No: Your invoice number
  4. Direct Deposit
    BSB: 082902
    Account No: 814602844
Seasonal Lease and Permanent Transfer Application forms and attachments
(Note: fees not applicable)
Code Form
LC Seasonal Lease Application (110kb)
TC Permanent Transfer Application (45kb)
Attachments
ETBF Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (89kb)
MIT Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (38kb)
NPF Northern Prawn Fishery (46kb)
SBT Southern Bluefin Tuna (46kb)
SCA Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (45kb)
SDW Shark and Deepwater Species (69kb)
SESS Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (77kb)
SPF  Small Pelagic Fishery
SQJ Southern Squid Jig Fishery (46kb)
HIMI Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (32kb)
WTBF Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (63kb)
Code Form
Boat Nomination Statutory Fishing Rights and Fishing Permits Application form and attachments (Note: fees not applicable)
BN Boat Nomination Statutory Fishing Rights and Fishing Permits (186kb)
Attachments
BN-SESS Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (65kb)
BN-ETBF Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (85kb)
BN-WTBF Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (52kb)
BN-MIT Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (54kb)
BN-NPF Northern Prawn Fishery (46kb)
BN-SCA Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (42kb)
BN-SDW Shark and Deepwater Species (53kb)
BN-HIMI Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (31kb)
BN-SBT Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (50kb)
BN-SPF Small Pelagic Fishery
BN- SQJ Southern Squid Jig Fishery (41kb)
BN-HS High Seas (43kb)
DNID Data Network Identifier Download Agreement (30kb)
IDA IDA Inmarsat Distress Alert Contact Details (70kb)
Other licensing and quota management forms
Code Form Fee
FR Application for fish receiver permit (77kb) $150
  Application to receive Southern Bluefin Tuna (48kb) No fee
FP1 Application for fishing permit (730kb) $100
PP Application for port permit (1.1MB) $750
TP Application for Transfer of Fishing Permits (1MB) $300
HS1 HS1 – Application for high seas fishing permit (795kb) $400
AA Authorised Agent Nomination form (300kb) No fee
AGR Application for GOFish Registration (227kb) No fee
  GOFish Licensing Agent Permissions Form (89kb) No fee
SC Notification of surrender (71kb) No fee
SP1 Application for scientific permit (63kb) No fee
  Northern Prawn Fishery Export to US – Summary Form (43kb) No fee
  FAO Species Codes (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 Certificate (21kb)
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 (16kb)
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 (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’ available from the Globefish website.		 No fee

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