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Fisheries - supporting sustainable fishing and aquaculture industries
Fishing and aquaculture are Australia's fifth most valuable rural industry after wool, beef, wheat and dairy, and offer great potential for continuing growth and development. The challenge is to develop the industry while ensuring the sustainability of Australia’s marine ecosystem.
Who we are - Fisheries
Aquaculture
- Overview of the aquaculture industry •
- Aquaculture action agenda •
- Starting an aquaculture business •
- Supporting aquaculture business •
- On-going aquaculture projects •
- Aquaculture collaborations with the regions •
- Aquaculture publications
Domestic fisheries
- Managing australian fisheries •
- The Australian fishing zone & economic exclusion zone •
- Peak bodies •
- Resource sharing •
- Securing our fishing future •
- Harvest strategy policy •
- Review of cancellation provisions in Commonwealth fisheries legislation •
- Marketing names for fish and seafood in Australia
Fisheries and the environment
The Torres Strait
- Papua New Guinea – Australian fisheries cooperation •
- A bilateral relationship •
- The Torres Strait Treaty •
- Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority •
- Torres Strait fisheries
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Compliance •
- National plan of action for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing •
- Steps Australia has taken to address illegal fishing
International fisheries
- Antarctic marine •
- Indian Ocean tuna •
- Southern bluefin tuna •
- The Manuka Vision •
- Western and Central Pacific •
- APEC fisheries working group •
- Cooperation: regional and multilateral
Fisheries market access and trade
- A general guide to exporting fish and fish products •
- Bilateral agreements •
- Market access: APEC and WTO
- The FishBook II: A guide to Australian government programs, grants and services for the Australian seafood industry
Legal and arrangements
- Australian fisheries legislation •
- Code of conduct for responsible fishing •
- FAO compliance agreement •
- United Nations convention on the law of the sea •
- United Nations fish stocks agreement
Recreational fishing
- Do you want to go recreational fishing? •
- Recreational fishing industry development strategy •
- Recreational fishing community grants program •
- National recreational and indigenous fishing survey •
- Guidelines - fish restocking and fish tagging •
- The 1994 national recreational fishing policy
Useful fisheries links
Last reviewed: 14 Aug 2009
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