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    • Harvest Strategy for the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery
    • February 2017 Prawn Fishery Management Plan Amendments
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    • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery Moon-tide Hookah Closures for 2015
    • 1 February season opening for the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery is now in place
    • changes to licensing arrangements for commercial Torres Strait fisheries
    • Fish Receiver System: Funding Torres Strait fishers
    • Draft roadmap to 100% ownership of Torres Strait Fisheries
    • The Torres Strait Finfish Fishery Management Plan
    • Torres Strait Licence Register now available
    • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangements for 2012
    • Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery moon-tide hookah closure for 2017
    • Total Allowable Catch for Prickly redfish reduced to 15 tonnes
    • Sustainable Fishing in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery
    • Introduction of Vessel Monitoring Systems for Primary and Carrier vessels
      • FAQ VMS on Primary and Carrier Boats in the Torres Strait
    • The Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery: Buy-out of licences
      • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery – Invitation to Offer
    • New Torres Strait Fisheries Legislative Instruments
    • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management arrangements for 2011
    • Call for pre-proposals for Fisheries Research in the Torres Strait
    • 20m boat rule and gear restriction trials in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery
    • Future Operating Environment for the Torres Strait Rock Lobster Fishery
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    • Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Vessel Monitoring System Guidelines
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  • What PZJA committees exist and who are the members?
    • Torres Strait Finfish Working Group (TSFFWG)
      • Torres Strait Finfish Working Group March 2017
    • Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA)
      • PZJA Out of Session decision 30 January 2015
      • PZJA meeting 25 – 29 April 2016
      • PZJA Out of Session Decision 7 February 2017
      • PZJA Out of Session Decision 10 December 2014
      • PZJA Out of Sessoin Decision 4 March 2015
      • PZJA Out of Session decision record – 15 April 2015
      • PZJA out of session decision record 28 May 2015
      • PZJA Out of Session decision record – 4 June 2015
      • PZJA Out of Session decision record – 2 June 2015
      • PZJA out of Session Decisions 19 September 2014
      • PZJA Out of Session decision 17 November 2014 – Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Investment Warning
      • PZJA meeting 26 – 1 September 2016
      • PZJA Out of Session Decision 22 September 2016
      • PZJA out of session decision 25 November 2015 Scientific Permit 2015 for Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery
      • PZJA Out of Session decision (OOS) – Torres Strait Prawn Fishery 2016-2018 Total Allowable Effort limits
      • PZJA Out of Session decision – 29 February 2016 – TS TRL moon tide closure
      • PZJA Out of Session decision – developmental permits for pearl shell
      • PZJA meeting 24 – 4-5 August 2015
      • PZJA meeting 23 – 8-9 April 2014
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 14 October 2013
      • PZJA Out of Session Decision 17 February 2014
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 6 May 2013
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 3 July 2013
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 8 July 2011
      • PZJA out of session decision 31 July 2012
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 30 January 2012
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 15 December 2011
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 15 September 2011 – Licence leasing in TSPF
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 9 September 2011
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 10 May 2011
      • PZJA Out of Session Decision 30 January 2011
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 27 January 2011
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 23 November 2010
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 30 December 2009
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 25 November 2009
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 19 February 2009
      • PZJA Out of Session Decisions 23 January 2009
      • PZJA Meeting 22 – 30 April-1 May 2008
      • PZJA Meeting 21 – 28-29 August 2007
      • PZJA Meeting 20 – 25-26 October 2006
      • PZJA Meeting 19 – 27 April 2006
    • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Working Group (TSTRLWG)
      • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Working Group
    • Torres Strait Hand Collectables Working Group meeting (TSHCWG)
    • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment Group (TSTRL RAG)
      • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment Group
      • TSTRLRAG Meeting 10
    • Torres Strait Prawn Working Group (TSPWG)
    • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC)
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 60
      • Call for pre-proposals for fisheries research in the Torres Strait region 2015/2016
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 59
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 58
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 57
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 56
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 55
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 54
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 53
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 52
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 51
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 50
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 49
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 48
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 47
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 46
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Meeting 45
      • Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) Terms of Reference
    • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC)
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Commitee (TSPMAC) meeting 16
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Commitee (TSPMAC) meeting 15 and stakeholder meeting
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee Out of Session budget Meeting
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee meeting 17
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee out of session meeting
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 14
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 12
        • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 12
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 25 July 2011
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 11
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 3 November 2010
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 10
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 9
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 26 August 2009
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 10 August 2009
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 8
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 7 May 2009
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 9 February 2009
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 7
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Out of Session Meeting – 12 August 2009
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 6
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 5
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 4
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 3
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 2
      • Torres Strait Prawn Management Advisory Committee (TSPMAC) Meeting 1
    • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC)
      • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 11
      • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 10
      • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 9
      • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 8
      • Torres Strait Fisheries Management Advisory Committee (TSFMAC) Meeting 7
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Fish Receiver System: Funding Torres Strait fishers

A one-time funding opportunity is available to help the Torres Strait fishing industry transition to the new mandatory fish receiver system (FRS) to be introduced on 1 December 2017.

Funded by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), fishing associations and groups in the Torres Strait may be eligible for up to $4 000 each to support their members to transition to the new mandatory system.

Funds can be used by associations and organisations for a range of activities such as holding meetings to pass on information, purchasing equipment such as measuring scales, and training for members to make the transition to the mandatory system a smooth one.

Documents relevant to the funding are linked below:

call for funding applications for Torres Strait fish receiver systems

Funding application for fish receiver systems

For more information please contact Geoff Diver at AFMA’s Thursday Island office on 07 4069 1990 or geoff.diver@afma.gov.au