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The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) would like to remind operators of the updates to the concession conditions made at the start of the 2020 Eastern Tuna and Billfish (ETBF) fishing season, specifically as relate to seabird mitigation and reporting requirements.

Media release from Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries

Media release from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)

Operation Nasse, a multi-country regional maritime surveillance operation between Australia, France, New Zealand and the United States of America, targeting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing on the high seas in the south Pacific Ocean, has concluded.

As part of its 2021 research funding round, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is making its annual public call for applications to address research priorities identified for potential AFMA funding in 2021-22.

Joint media release with ABF

The Commission met for its 72nd meeting via teleconference on 8 July 2020.