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    This page has a list of upcoming PZJA committee meetings and key dates. 

    For meeting agendas and papers please visit the PZJA committee's page. This page also includes meeting agendas, papers and minutes for historic meetings. 

    Upcoming PZJA committee meetings

    Protected Zone Joint Authority Advisory committee meetings and key dates.

    Date (2024)GroupVenueKey Business
    1 JanuaryBeche-de-mer, Crab, Pearl Shell and Trochus Fisheries 2024 season opens.
    31 JanuaryTorres Strait Scientific Advisory CommitteeVideo conference Research proposals for potential funding in 2024–25 financial year
    1 FebruaryTropical Rock Lobster Fishery opens to hookah fishing. Periodic moon tide hookah closures apply.
    1 FebruaryPrawn Fishery 2024 season opens.
    29 AprilFishing for black teatfish opens. Subject to a limited opening period and additional rules.
    5 JuneTropical Rock Lobster Working GroupThursday Island
    • Changes to management controls.
    • Research priorities.

     

    19 JuneFinfish Resource Assessment Group Video conferenceResearch priorities
    1 JulyTorres Strait Finfish Fishery 2024–25 season opens.
    11 JulyTropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment GroupVideo-conferenceResearch priorities 
    14 AugustHand Collectables Resource Assessment GroupVideo-conferenceResearch priorities
    28–29 AugustTorres Strait Scientific Advisory CommitteeWaibene
    • Five-year Strategic Research Plan.
    • Research funding priorities for 2025–26 Financial year.
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    18 September    		Hand Collectables Resource Assessment GroupCarins
    • Total allowable catches for the 2025 fishing Season.
    • Research priorities.
    19 SeptemberHand Collectables Working GroupCairns
    • Total allowable catches for the 2025 fishing Season.
    • Research priorities.
    • Species specific management issues.
    30 SeptemberTropical Rock Lobster Fishery 2023–24 season closes. 
    9 OctoberTropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment GroupWaibeneReview of empirical harvest control issue.
    15 OctoberFinfish Resource Assessment GroupCairnsRecommended biological catches for the 2025–26 fishing season.
    16 OctoberFinfish Working GroupCairnsTotal allowable catches for the 2025–26 fishing season and other business.
    3–20 NovemberCSIRO led underwater survey of tropical rock lobster abundance. 
    5–6 NovemberTorres Strait Prawn Management Advisory CommitteeCairns
    • Bycatch and Discard Workplan
    • Prawn Fishery stock assessment
    • Prawn Fishery Management Plan amendments and consultation.
    1 DecemberTropical Rock Lobster Fishery 2024–25 season opens. Freediving and lamp fishing only (no hookah).
    1 DecemberPrawn Fishery 2024 season closes.
    10–11 DecemberTropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment Group Waibene
    • Review of CSIRO led underwater pre-season survey results. 
    • Recommended biological catch for the 2024–25 fishing season.
    12 December 2023Tropical Rock Lobster Working Group Waibene
    • Resource Assessment Group meeting outcomes. 
    • Total Allowable Catch for 2024–25 season. 
    31 DecemberBeche-de-mer, Crab, Pearl Shell and Trochus Fisheries 2024 season closes.

    Updated on 28 October 2024. Dates and venues may be subject to change.

    Download a PDF of the 2024 PZJA Advisory Committee Meetings and Key Dates.

    To confirm dates and for more information please call the AFMA Torres Strait Office on (07) 4069 1990.

    If you would like to attend any of the above meetings and are not a member, please contact the relevant chair through the PZJA committees page to seek approval.

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    Page last updated: 28/10/2024