- Home
- About us
- Managing Our Fisheries
- Fisheries A to Z index
- Antarctic Fisheries
- Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery
- Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands Fisheries
- Coral Sea Fishery
- Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery
- High Seas Permits
- Norfolk Island Fishery
- North West Slope Trawl Fishery
- Northern Prawn Fishery
- Skipjack Tuna Fisheries
- Small Pelagic Fishery
- Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
- At a glance
- Maps
- Notices and announcements
- Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy – Revised bycatch triggers and management zones
- SESSF Direction No. 1 2012: Gillnet closure to further protect Australian Sea Lions (ASL)
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to Protect Dolphins
- Continuation of measures to protect Australian Sea Lions in the GHAT
- Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy – Interaction reporting
- Invitation to apply for industry membership of SharkRAG
- AFMA and trawl-fishers act to protect seabirds
- Fishing or transiting the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone- Exemptions to the requirement for an observer or electronic monitoring
- Meeting the new e-monitoring requirements in the Australian Sea Lion zone
- Archive
- Fisheries management
- Publications
- Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery
- Southern Squid Jig Fishery
- South Tasman Rise
- Torres Strait Fisheries
- Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery
- Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery
- Environment and sustainability
- Harvest strategies
- Compliance activities
- Data collection
- Consultation
- Fisheries A to Z index
- Services for Industry
- Resource Centre
- Research
- Publications and forms
- Teachers and students
- Media Centre
- Subscribe
- Image library
- Fishing techniques
- Fish species
- Illegal fishing
- Environment and sustainability
- Scenic images
- Research and data
- Links
Research
We establish research priorities for Commonwealth fisheries and arrange for research to be undertaken to address these priorities. Research undertaken for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority seeks to address a number of fisheries management related issues.
Calls for research
This page features current calls for research applications.
Timetable
Our timeline for obtaining and assessing research applications.
Research reports
Access to fishery related research reports.
Our research program
Information on our research function, management and programs as well as our partnership approach.
Advice to researchers
This page contains final report templates.
Hot Topics
- Seeking public comment on draft Quota Administration Policy
- ETBF Operator Obligations During Recreational Fishing Events
- Public comment period for the draft Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2012
- Draft amendments to the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002
- Continuation of measures to protect Australian Sea Lions in the GHAT
- AFMA and trawl-fishers act to protect seabirds
Latest News
- Keep your VMS switched on
- Rebuilding plan for Southern Bluefin Tuna
- Seabird management plans
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to Protect Dolphins
- Expect to be inspected
- AFMA and Anindilyakwa Sea Rangers
- Domestic Compliance and Enforcement Program
- Draft Shark Plan 2
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
- Longlining TAC set for Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery
