Sea cucumber seizure: Illegal fishers guilty, vessel destroyed
This is a joint media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Australian Border Force (ABF).
2024 review: Another big year in Commonwealth fisheries
AFMA had another big year of managing and monitoring Commonwealth fisheries in 2024.
Commercial fisher fined $4,000 for shark mistreatment, illegal catch and inaccurate reporting
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.
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Repeat offenders – imprisonment for illegal foreign fishers following major haul of sea cucumber in Australia’s Top End
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.
Illegal foreign fishers get more than they bargained for in Darwin Court
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.
Collaborating with our Southeast Asian colleagues in fisheries compliance
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.