Illegal snapper catch nets $10,000 in penalties
This is a media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
Two commercial fishers pleaded guilty at Bairnsdale Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 5 December 2024 to an illegal catch of more than 20 times the allowable limit for snapper.
Illegal fishers reel in $84,000 in fines
Sixteen Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing within Australian waters in two separate cases at Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, 26 November 2024. The vessels were targeting sea cucumber, a highly prized delicacy commonly sold in Asian markets.
More than one billion Rupiah of sea cucumber seized in Operation Pristis
This is a joint media release between the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the Australian Border Force (ABF).
Authorities intercept two illegal foreign fishing vessels off the remote Northern Territory coastline
This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
Caught and convicted: imprisonment for illegal fishers
This is a joint media release between the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Australian Border Force (ABF).
Fourteen foreign fishing vessels interdicted in Australian waters
This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
Fisheries partnership stopping illegal fishing at its source
In July and August 2024, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) in partnership with Indonesia’s Directorate-General of Surveillance and Control of Marine and Fishery Resources successfully delivered two educational workshops to fishing communities in Oesapa and Papela in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia.