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The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) manages Commonwealth fisheries on behalf of the Australian public. This includes effectively deterring illegal fishing, with strict management rules and regulations, to ensure Australian fish stocks and our fishing industry are viable now and into the future. 

Commission meeting 7 & 8 July 2021

The opening of the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) tiger prawn season on Sunday 1 August will see 52 trawlers and crews set sail to catch tiger prawns across Australia’s top end. 

Operation Nasse 2021, an annual cooperative fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) operation involving Australia, France, New Zealand and the United States of America, ended on 23 July. 

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) recently reviewed Fisheries Management Paper (FMP) 5, the policy that outlines the arrangements around developmental and exploratory fishing.  

Commission meeting

The 2021 tiger prawn season officially opens on 1 August 2021 in the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF).

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is seeking applications for the following vacant positions:

• Economics Member on the Great Australian Bight Resource Assessment Group (GABRAG); and
• Research (Economics) Member on the Great Australian Bight Management Advisory Committee (GABMAC).