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This is a joint media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Australian Border Force (ABF).

AFMA had another big year of managing and monitoring Commonwealth fisheries in 2024.

This is a media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). 

A commercial fisher pleaded guilty at Bairnsdale Magistrates Court on Wednesday 15 January 2025 to two counts of mistreating bycatch (sharks on both occasions), landing an illegal catch and failing to keep an accurate logbook. 

The Commission convened for its 96th meeting in Canberra, ACT, on 12 and 13 November 2024.

This is a joint media release between the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Australian Border Force (ABF).

Eleven Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters at Darwin Local Court on 7 January 2025.

Sixteen Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in two separate cases at Darwin Local Court on 17 and 18 December 2024.

Four staff from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) returned to Vietnam in October 2024 to train Southeast Asian fisheries officers to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing more effectively.