Recently, Fishery Officers from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) shared the dangers of illegal fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone with over 180 Indonesian fishers in a series of educational workshops as a part of a bilateral partnership to stop illegal foreign fishing at its source.

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Representatives from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) are attending the Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  The IMCS Network, in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, will hold the 7th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) from 31 July to 4 August 2023. AFMA representatives will join 180 delegates from 52 countries for this event.  

In line with the Department of Finance Cost Recovery Guidelines, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority has reviewed and updated its Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) for 2023-24. AFMA’s CRIS describes how we will charge fishing concession holders for the management of Commonwealth fisheries. Our 2023-24 cost recovered budget has been prepared in accordance with this statement.

AFMA deploys observers on a variety of commercial fishing vessels in and out of the Australian Fishing Zone domestically and internationally. The primary functions of the role include:

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has developed a free app to help fisheries officers across the Pacific break down the language barrier during at-sea and in-port inspections of foreign fishing vessels. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global problem. Increasingly, countries are working together through memberships in regional fisheries management organisations to protect fish stocks that migrate or straddle multiple exclusive economic zones and the high seas.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has published the 2023-25 National Compliance and Enforcement Program.   The program outlines how AFMA will deliver cost effective and efficient fisheries compliance services to manage 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 the fishing industry are viable now and into the future.