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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organisation mandated to sustainably manage highly migratory (tuna and tuna-like) fisheries resources in the Indian Ocean. The objective of the IOTC is to promote cooperation amongst contracting members to ensure through appropriate…
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Bilateral Relationship between Australian and Papua New Guinea
The Torres Strait
Torres Strait Treaty
The Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority
Torres Strait Fisheries
Bilateral Relationship between Australian and Papua New Guinea
Geographic proximity and historical links between…
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Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries AgencyThe Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) was established in 1979 under an international treaty, the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention. The…
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Background and Purpose
The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), a subsidiary body of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council, was established by the FAO Conference at its 13th…
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies. The Fisheries Working Group (FWG) was created by…
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MultilateralThere are several overarching international agreements and arrangements to which Australia is a signatory or a Party. These include: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (…
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We contracted the University of Tasmania to undertake a survey of recreational fisher effort, catch, release and harvest estimates of southern bluefin tuna.
This survey has now concluded. The final survey report is now available on the University of Tasmania website.
Based on the results and…
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Listing of Southern Bluefin Tuna as conservation dependent questions and answers
On 24 November 2010, the federal environment minister announced his decision to list southern bluefin tuna as conservation dependent under national environmental law (the Environment Protection and…
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Import conditions for fresh apples from New Zealand are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
A decision to import apples from New Zealand into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in Australia and a supplier in…
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The following summaries of apple import risk analysis team meetings provide an update on progress with the IRA on apples from New Zealand.
Summary of apple IRA team meeting 37
The Import Risk Analysis…
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