Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Established on 3 February 1992 under the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, taking over the fisheries management functions of the Australian Fisheries Service in the Department of Primary Industries and Energy.

Legislation: Fisheries Administration Act 1991; Fisheries Management Act 1991

1. 21 October 1998Moved to the new Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio.
2. 1 July 2008Ceased to be a body corporate under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and became a prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, governed by a Commission and a Chief Executive Officer.
3. 18 September 2013Moved to the new Department of Agriculture portfolio.
4. 1 July 2014Became a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
5. 21 September 2015Moved to the Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
6. 29 May 2019Moved to the re-created Agriculture portfolio.
7. 1 February 2020Moved to the Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio.
8. 1 July 2022Moved to the re-created Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio.

• Management of Commonwealth fisheries and fishing concessions
• Setting of total allowable catches and other controls
• Monitoring, compliance and enforcement
• Deterrence of illegal foreign fishing
• Management of Torres Strait fisheries with Queensland and Papua New Guinea
• Collection of fisheries data and cost-recovery levies

In the portfolio of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Type of body

Non-corporate Commonwealth entity

Portfolio

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Accountable authority

Chief Executive Officer – Fisheries Administration Act 1991 section 5A(b)

ABN

81 098 497 517

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