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In December 2005, the Australian Government Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation issued a ministerial direction to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority under section 91 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.
2005 ministerial direction to AFMA PDF [300 KB, 5 pages…
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Northern Australia is mainly considered as a biosecurity ‘buffer’ for southern Australia, but it is a unique environment and a growing source of agricultural wealth in its own right. North Australia’s…
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Video transcript: New prawn import laws
Australians love their prawns so much, we need to import them from overseas to keep up with demand.
But we don’t want diseases arriving in Australia with those imports.
Seafood disease experts have studied the biosecurity risks for prawn imports and…
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Every six months, the minister must table in Parliament a report from the department that includes livestock mortalities on every sea voyage. The report is compiled from information provided to the department by the ships' masters, as required by the Marine Orders Part 43 under subsection 425(1AA)…
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[expand all]SummaryOn 11 August 2020, Australian Cattle Enterprises Pty Ltd (ACE) exported 1,399 feeder/slaughter cattle and 423 feeder/slaughter buffalo to Vietnam. The journey was completed in 9 days and discharged in Vietnam between 18 and 20 August 2020. This voyage departed prior to the…
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Recent changesOn 28 May 2025, we updated the pre-export treatment and phytosanitary certification requirements for high-risk plant products and sea containers subject to khapra beetle target measures.Three key changes were implemented. For more information, refer to the:Import Industry Advice…
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Date of issue: 24 December 2009
Date of effect: 1 January 2010
Country: European Union
Market Access Advice…
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The Department of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible for managing the biosecurity risks and consumer safety requirements relating to plant based products for human consumption (food, drink, medicine and therapeutics) imported to Australia.
This is administered…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeTasmania Biosecurity Roundtable Report - 7 June 2018, Hobart PDF153.0 MBIf you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Tasmania Biosecurity…
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Edwardsiella ictaluri – a significant pathogen of fish
Edwardsiella ictaluri, of theFamily Enterobacteriaceae, is a gram negative, rod–shaped bacterium that causes significant disease in a range of…
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