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Australian Fisheries
Compliance
News
08 Jan 2025
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.

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Compliance
News
23 Dec 2024
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.

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Compliance
News
20 Dec 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. 

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News
20 Dec 2024
Australian Fisheries Management Authority services over the holidays
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News
20 Dec 2024
Keep your VMS switched on during the festive season
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Australian Fisheries
Compliance
News
18 Dec 2024
Illegal snapper catch nets $10,000 in penalties

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. 

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Compliance
News
16 Dec 2024
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.

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Australian Fisheries
News
12 Dec 2024
AFMA announces Commonwealth fisheries levy rates and due dates for 2024–25
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