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21 Feb 2025
Invitation to attend AFMA's annual public meeting 2025

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) annual public meeting will be held Tuesday, 11 March 2025 from 10:45 to 11:45 am.

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Australian Fisheries
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20 Feb 2025
Darwin Court finds 13 foreign fishers guilty after 2 tonnes of sea cucumber seized

This is a joint media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Australian Border Force (ABF). 

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Australian Fisheries
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12 Feb 2025
Sea cucumber seizure: Illegal fishers guilty, vessel destroyed
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03 Feb 2025
2024 review: Another big year in Commonwealth fisheries
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Australian Fisheries
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22 Jan 2025
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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Australian Fisheries
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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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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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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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