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Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery

Last updated: 15 May 2026

Strategic assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Current decisions

  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - 12 October 2016 F2016L01612
  • Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 113KB) |  (Word - 40KB) - April 2011

Letters

  • Letter to AFMA Chair Moore (PDF - 228.64 KB) | (DOCX - 91.02 KB) - October 2016

Relevant documents for upcoming assessment

  • Agency submission of ecological sustainability – call for public comments open from 15 May 2026 until 19 June 2026

History

  • Agency submission of ecological sustainability – call for public comments open from 15 May 2026 until 19 June 2026

  • Letter to AFMA Chair Moore (PDF - 228.64 KB) | (DOCX - 91.02 KB) - October 2016
  • Assessment report for the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery - October 2016 (PDF - 397.76 KB)
  • Assessment report for the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery - October 2016 (DOCX - 123.89 KB)

  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - 12 October 2016 F2016L01612
  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens Variation - Gazetted 15 March 2016 F2016L00314
  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens Inclusion (PDF - 106KB) |  (Word - 35KB) - Gazetted 14 April 2011 S59, F2011L00598
  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery -(deletion) (PDF - 88KB) | (Word - 35KB) - S58, F2011L00599
  • Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 113KB) |  (Word - 40KB) - April 2011
  • Accreditation of a Plan, Regime or Policy for the purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 230KB) |  (Word - 34KB) - February 2010
  • Assessment of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery
  • Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2010 - call for comment closes 28 January 2010

  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (PDF - 762KB) |  (RTF - 54KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 24 November 2010, GN46, F2010L03047
  • Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 18 KB) - March 2006
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage assessment report - November 2005
  • Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered on Wednesday 30 November 2005, F2005L03827
  • Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 - November 2005
  • Accreditation of plan of management and declaration pursuant to section 33 - March 2006
  • Accreditation of a plan of management and declaration pursuant to section 33 (PDF - 16 KB) - Gazetted 16 July 2007, GN 29
  • Ministerial Decisions
    • Letter to Australian Fisheries Management Authority
    • Letter to the Hon Ian Macdonald - November 2005
  • Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2005 - Invitation to comment closed Thursday 6 October 2005
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