Below is a list of the research currently being commissioned by AFMA.
| Project Code | Project Title | Start / End Date | Total Cost |
| 150818 | ETBF Size Monitoring Program 2015-19 – Kevin Williams WW Fisheries Australia P/L | August 2015/ December 2019 | $416,500 |
| 170802 | Fish Ageing and Length Frequency for the SESSF – Fish Ageing Services | August 2017/May 2020 | $698,529 |
| 170813 | Data management, assessment and implementation of HS for Australia’s Tropical Tuna – Rob Campbell CSIRO | August 2017/ October 2020 | $443,389 |
| 170819 | NPF Integrated Monitoring Program 2018-2021 – Rob Kenyon CSIRO | September 2018/ May 2021 | $1,112,202 |
| 170824 | SESSF Stock Assessments 2018-2021 – Geoff Tuck CSIRO | September 2018/ May 2020 | $763,732 |
| 170826 | GHAT CPUE calculation methodology – Miriana Sporcic CSIRO | September 2018 extended to March 2020 | $60,715 |
| 170830 | Macquarie Island Toothfish Stock Assessment – Rich Hillary, CSIRO | September 2018/ December 2019 | $176,228 |
| 170833 | NPF Stock Assessment 2018-2021 – Trevor Hutton CSIRO | September 2018/ September 2021 | $639,137 |
| 170835 | NPF Annual Analysis of CMO – Gary Fry CSIRO | August 2018/ December 2020 | $135,175 |
| 170836 | NPF Fishing Power Analysis – Judy Upston CSIRO | September 2018/ September 2019 | $87,318 |
| 170837 | SBT Developing an independent estimate of size and age at maturity – Jessica Farley CSIRO | September 2018 extended to September 2019 | $45,000 |
| 190800 | SESSF Stock Assessments 2018-2021 – Geoff Tuck CSIRO | February 2020/ May 2022 | $1,255,242 |
| 190801 | SESSF Pre-1998 data review –Matt Koopman Fishwell Consulting | July 2019/ December 2019 | $24,920 |
| 190802 | SBT Intersessional Science 2019-22 – Ann Preece CSIRO | July 2019 / June 2020 | $240,000 |
| 190803 | Monitoring and assessment of the SPF- Tim Ward SARDI | September 2019/ May 2022 | $305,000 |
| 190804 | Spawning biomass of Blue Mackerel and Australian sardine in the East sub-area of the SPF – Tim Ward SARDI | August 2019/ February 2021 | $550,000 |
| 190805 | Updated NPF species distribution data, models and sampling schemes – Judy Upston CSIRO | July 2019/ February 2021 | $233,465 |
| 190806 | Revising the ETBF Billfish Harvest Strategy – Rich Hilary CSIRO | June 2019/ October 2020 | $228,212 |
| 190807 | BSCZSF2020-2022 surveys – Ian Knuckey Fishwell Consulting | August 2019/ June 2022 | $200,585 |
| 190810 | Spawning biomass of Jack Mackerel in the East sub-area of the SPF – Tim Ward SARDI | August 2019/ February 2020 | $200,000 |
| 190811 | Eastern zone orange roughy spawning biomass 2019 – Simon Boag SETFIA | July 2019/ June 2020 | $221,167 |
| 190813 | ISMP Data services 2019 – Paul Burch CSIRO | August 2019/ January 2020 | $183,650 |
| 190815 | Flexible Ecological Risk Assessments – Miriana Sporcic CSIRO | July 2019/ February 2021 | $100,000 |
| 190819 | Development and simulation testing of a HS for red leg banana prawns in the NPF – Trevor Hutton CSIRO | May 2019/ May 2020 | $104,024 |
| 190825 | FIS, stock assessment, HS and RBC calculation for the TS TRL fishery – Eva Plaganyi CSIRO | May 2019/ June 2022 | $868,142 |
| 190826 | TS BDM stock survey – Nicole Murphy CSIRO | August 2019/ December 2020 | $289,239 |
| 190827 | Developing an approach for measuring the non commercial fishing in Torres Strait – Kenny Bedford DML Conulting | August 2019/ May 2020 | $40,000 |
| 190829 | MSE for the TS Prawn fishery – Clive Turnbull | July 2019/ May 2020 | $9,000 |
| 190830 | Climate variability and change relevant to key fisheries resources in the TS – Leo Dutra CSIRO | August 2019 / June 2020 | $45,000 |
| 190831 | Spanish mackerel stock assessment, with appraisal of environmental drives – Rik Buckworth Sea sense Australia Pty Ltd | August 2019/ March 2021 | $89,375 |
| 190832 | Enhancing biological data inputs to TS Spanish mackerel stock assessment – Joanne Langstreth QDAF | August 2019/ June 2020 | $79,400 |