INDEX

Description	Page
A
Accountability and management	103–23
Summary	104
Advertising	112
Advisory committees	See management advisory committees
Agency resource statements	194
Anderson, John	174
Annual Operational Plan	26, 109
Ecological sustainability	26
Net economic returns, improving	31
Management and regulatory arrangements	43
Annual Performance Statement	25
Certification	25
Audit and Risk Committee	111
Membership	175
Role and function	175
Australian Border Force	14, 38, 39
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences	11, 27, 28, 53, 64, 77
Australian Defence Force	39
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Chairman and CEO’s review	11–16
Cost-efficiency	14–15, 43–9
Financial performance	126–127
History and establishment	17
Key performance indicators	26, 27, 32, 43
Key stakeholders	18
Offices	21
Organisational structure	20
Outcome and programme	19
Outlook	15–16
Planning and reporting	108
Purposes	19, 25
Role and functions	17–18
Values	19–20
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission	20
Commissioners	172–4
Meetings	174
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Enterprise Agreement	120
Australian Fishing Zone	13, 118, 31, 33, 37, 65
Australian National Audit Office	107
Contract access clauses	112
Australian National University Internships Program	119
Australian Network on Disability	119
Australian Public Service Commission Pathways Program	118
Australian Public Service Employee Census	116, 122
Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy	187
B
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery	54, 55–6, 180
Analysis of performance	56
Economic returns	56
Estimated catch	55
Fish stocks, status of	56
Management plans/arrangements	56
Stock status of target species	55, 56
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Advisory Committee	180
Bennetts, Kerrie	176
Bigeye tuna	83, 91
Blue warehou	75
Broadbill swordfish	91
Brunei Darussalam	42
Business continuity	110
Bycatch	85
Bycatch and Discard Program	187
Heard Island and MacDonald Islands Fishery	94
Northern Prawn Fishery	62
Small Pelagic Fishery	70
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery	78
C
Cambodia	42
Canning, Emily	119
Capacity building programs	40
Cartwright, Ian	172, 173, 176
Catch Disposal Records	53
Catch totals	53
Chondrichthyan Guide for Fisheries Managers	187
Civil litigation	178
Client Service Charter	24, 49
Colbeck, Senator the Hon. Richard	17
Comcare	186
Commercial stocks, key	26, 200
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources	40, 42, 93, 94, 181
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna	87, 180
Commissioners	172–4
Meeting attendance	174
Commonwealth fisheries
Harvest Strategy Policy and Guidelines 2007	26, 75–6, 187
Net economic returns, improving	31–41
Commonwealth Fisheries Association	177
Commonwealth Risk Management Policy	109
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	30, 64, 76, 84
Oceans and Atmosphere	177
Communication and education	34
Domestic compliance	34–5
Compliance and enforcement
Capacity building programs	40
Domestic	See National Compliance and Enforcement Program
Finance law	111
Foreign	37–41
Multilateral patrols/operations	40
Compliance index	205–8
Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna Scientific Committee	180
Consultancy services	193
Selection and engagement	193
Contracts	112
Cook Islands	14
Cooper, Catherine	172, 173, 174–5
Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve	39
Illegal foreign fishing vessels	39
Coral Sea Fishery	54, 57–9
Analysis of performance	58
Estimated catch	57
External reviews	59
Management plans/arrangements	58
Performance results	57–8
Stock status of target species	58
Corporate governance	105–11
Disclosure of interests	105
External scrutiny	107
Governing body	105–6
Internal scrutiny	106–7
Performance review	106
Corporate Plan	15, 19, 25, 26, 31–2, 43, 108–9, 126
Ecological sustainability	26
Net economic returns, improving	31
Regulatory arrangements	43
Corporate planning and reporting	108–9
Cost recovery	43, 46–7
D
Demersal and Midwater Team	117
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources	17, 177
Employment programs	118
Penalty provisions, legislative review	46
Portfolio Budget Statements	108
Department of the Environment	59, 70, 75, 78, 188–9
Digital Continuity Policy 2020	177
Digital Transition Policy	177
Disability reporting	192
Discarded fish	85
Bycatch and Discard Program	187
E-learning course	12, 85
Reporting	77
Disclosure of interests	105
Dogfish	75, 187
Dolphin Management Strategy	187
Dolphin Observation Zone	37
Domestic compliance	See National Compliance and Enforcement Program
E
Eastern gemfish	75
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery	53–4, 81–4, 88, 179
Analysis of performance	83
E-monitoring	45
Estimated catch	81
Fish stocks	83
Management plans/arrangements	82, 84
Performance results	81–2
Stock status of target species	82
Ecological risk assessment	11, 27
Ecological Risk Assessment Technical Working Group	11
Review	30–1
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery	30
Ecological risk management	11
Ecological Risk Management Framework	11, 27, 30
Review	30–1
Ecological sustainability	11–12
Analysis	28–31
Assessment	27
Performance results	26–7
Purpose	26
Ecologically sustainable development	187–90
Environment, minimisation of impact on	189
Environmental footprint	190
Fishing, environmental impact of	188–9
Outcome contributing to	188
Principles	187–8
Review mechanisms	189
Education
Domestic compliance	34–5
Electronic monitoring (e-monitoring)	10, 13, 45, 52, 84, 90
Compliance rates	35
Employees	See staff
Environment	See ecologically sustainable development
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	29, 62, 67, 70, 78, 88, 188, 189
Executive	174
Membership	174
Remuneration	121
Role and function	174
Training	122
Expenses
Outcomes, by	195
Resource statement	194
External scrutiny	107
F
Finance law, compliance	111
Financial performance	125–68
Financial statements	128–68
Findlay, Dr James	172, 173, 174, 176
Fish stocks, status of	28
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery	56
Bycatch	93–4
Eastern Tuna and Billfish fisheries	83
Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery	96
Northern Prawn Fishery	62
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery	75–6
Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery	87
Southern Squid Jig Fishery	80
Western Tuna and Billfish fisheries	91
Fishackathon 2016	12
Fisheries Administration Act 1991	108, 179
Fisheries management	12–14
Arrangements	14–15
Capacity building programs	40
Outcomes	19
Plans	12, 13, 52
Quota management system	13
Fisheries Management Act 1991	17, 46, 53, 67
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992	53, 67
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation	177
Fishery reports
List of fisheries	54
Performance results	53
Fishery Status Reports 2016	11, 53
Foreign apprehensions	41, 42
Foreign compliance	37–8
Fraud control	110–11
Freebody, Kate	175
Freedom of Information Act 1982	112, 178, 182
Freedom of information reporting	182
FV (fishing vessel)	See by name of vessel
G
Geelong Star	70
Gehrig, Robert	174
General deterrence program	24, 35
Ghost nets	65
Gibson, Beth	176
Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery
E-monitoring	45
Gillnet length restrictions	12
Glossary	198–204
GoFish	44
Gould’s squid (arrow squid)	80
Governing body	105–6
Disclosure of interests	105–6
Performance review	106
Graduate Development Program	118
Grants, discretionary	112
Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Management Advisory Committee	179
Grenadiers (genus Macrourus)	93
Gross value of production 2015–16	10, 11, 53
Gulper sharks	12
Gummy shark	12
H
Hall, David	172, 174, 176
Harvest Strategies
Arrow Squid Fishery	80
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery	56
Harvest Strategy Policy and Guidelines 2007	26, 75–6, 187
Harwood, Mary	175
Heard Island and MacDonald Islands Fishery	37, 40, 54, 92–4
Analysis of performance	93–4
Bycatch	94
Estimated catch	92
Management plans/arrangements	93
Performance results	92
Stock status of target species	92
High Seas Permits	97–8
Analysis of performance	98
Estimated catch	97
Management plans/arrangements	98
Performance results	97
Stock status of target species	97
HMAS Glenelg	65
HMAS Wollongong	39
Human resources	See staff
I
Illegal fishing
Feature story	39
Foreign vessels	38
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission	90, 100, 179
Indonesia	38, 42
Information Governance Committee	107, 177
Information Publication Scheme	182
Internal scrutiny	106–7
International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL)	41
International networks	13
International Women’s Day	119
K
Kiribati
Officer training	40
Knuckey, Geoff	175
Kuhn, Danielle	116–17, 174
L
Leadership and Talent Management Program	122
Legislative review	46
Licensing
Online portal (GoFish)	44
Torres Strait Fisheries	44
Undercatch	44
Lihou Reef	39
Litigation
Civil	178
Significant matters	178
M
Mackerel icefish	93
Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery	37, 54, 95–6, 181
Analysis of performance	96
Estimated catch	95
Fish stocks	96
Management plans/arrangements	96
Performance results	95
Stock status of target species	95
Mahi mahi (dolphinfish)	90
Maintenance programs	36–7
Malaysia	42
Management	See accountability and management
Management advisory committees	44, 48
Meetings and membership	48, 179–81
Marine mammal interactions, mitigating	12, 71
Marine Stewardship Council	62
Maritime Border Command	14, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 65
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources	15, 17
Moore, Hon. Norman	172, 174
Multilateral patrols/operations	40
N
National Compliance and Enforcement Program	33, 35
National Disability Strategy 2010–20	192
National Surveillance and Response Team	117
Niue Treaty Subsidiary Agreement framework	14
Non-Contracting Party Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Vessel list	42
Non-operational fisheries	100–1
Norfolk Island Fishery	54, 100
Norfolk Island Fishing Association	100
North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries	53, 54, 66–7
Analysis of performance	67
Estimated catch	66
Management plans/arrangements	67
Performance results	66
Stock status of target species	66
Northern Prawn Fishery	54, 60–4, 179
Analysis of performance	62–4
Bycatch	62
Economic returns	63–4
Estimated catch	60
Fish stocks	62
Innovations	64
Management plans/arrangements	61
Performance results	60–1
Stock status of target species	61
Northern Prawn Management Advisory Committee	179–80
Northern waters, protection of	38
Noumea	13
O
Observer program	180
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	46
Offices
Environmental impact	190
Locations	21
Offshore Constitutional Settlement agreements	18, 67
Orange roughy	12, 75, 76
Organisational structure	20
Overfishing	10, 11–12, 28, 75, 83, 91
P
Palauan Exclusive Economic Zone	40
Pandemic Plan	110
Papua New Guinea	13, 38, 42
Parks Australia	37, 39
Patagonian toothfish	40, 42
Pearson, Andrew	174
Pelagic longline fishing	88
Penalty provisions
Legislative review	46
People management	See staff
Performance and development scheme	118
Performance management
Staff	118
Perlon	42
Philippines	42
Pink ling	75
Planning and reporting structure	108–9
Policy, Environment, Economic and Research Section	119
Port visits	35, 47
Procurement	112, 193
Productivity Commission inquiry	107
Project Governance Committee	107, 177
Prosecutions	37
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013	11, 17, 25, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 175
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014	108, 110, 111
Public Service Act 1999	105
Purchasing	112
R
Ranching	88
Rayns, Dr Nick	119, 174, 176
Records and Information Management Framework	177
Red-legged banana prawns	61, 62, 63
Red tape reductions	10
Initiatives	13, 43–6
Redfish Stock Rebuilding Strategy	75
Regional capacity building	10
Regional cooperation	42
Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices	42
Regulatory and management arrangements	14–15, 43–9
Analysis	43–6
Assessment	43
Client service charter	49
Cost recovery	46–7
Purpose	43
Results	43
Stakeholder engagement	47–8
Regulatory Powers (Standard Powers) Act 2014	46
Remote access technologies	56, 82, 87, 90, 93, 96
Remuneration	121
Reporting
Disability	192
Freedom of information	182
Internal	109
Reports	See fishery reports
Research committee	176–7
Membership	176
Permanent advisors	176
Regular observers	177
Role and function	176
Resource assessments groups	44, 48
Review of Commonwealth Fisheries: Legislation, Policy and Management	46
Rewards and recognition program	116–17
Risk management	109–11
Risk Management Committee	109
Royal Australian Navy patrol boats	38
Ruston, Senator the Hon. Anne	17
S
Sainsbury, Professor Keith	172, 173, 176
Samoa	14
School shark	75
Schumann, Jo	119
Scientific panel and stakeholder forums	52, 69
Seabirds	78, 94
Migration	11–12, 52
Seabird Management Plan	187
Section plans	109
Silky sharks	84
Singapore	42
Skipjack Tuna Fishery	54, 100–1
Stock status of target species	100
Skipjack Tuna Harvest Strategy	100
Small business procurement	193
Small Pelagic Fishery	12, 54, 68–71, 181
Analysis of performance	69–71
Bycatch, status	70–1
Estimated catch	68
External reviews	71
Harvest strategy	69
Management plans/arrangements	69
Marine mammal interactions	12, 71
Performance results	68
Regulatory burden, reducing	70
Scientific panel and stakeholder forum	69
Senate Inquiry	71
Stock status of target species	68
Sustainability and economic returns	70
Snapper	13
Solomon Islands	13
South East Management Advisory Committee	181
South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association	75
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation	98, 101
South Tasman Rise Fishery	54, 101
Stock status of target species	101
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery	53, 54, 72–8, 181
Analysis of performance	75–8
Bycatch	78
Closures	44–5
Discard reporting	77
Ecological risk assessment	30
Economic returns	77
Estimated catch	72
Fish stocks	75–6
Gillnet length restrictions	12, 77
Management plans/arrangements	74–5
Performance results	72
Stock status of target species	73–4
Wildlife trade operation, approved	78
Southern bluefin tuna	84, 88
Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery	38, 54, 86–8, 180
Analysis of performance	87–8
Economic returns	88
Estimated catch	86
Fish stocks	87
Management plans/arrangements	87
Performance results	86
Stock status of target species	86
Wildlife trade operation, approved	88
Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Advisory Committee	180
Southern Ocean
Illegal fishing	40–1
Southern Squid Jig Fishery	54, 79–80, 181
Analysis of performance	80
Economic returns	80
Estimated catch	79
Fish stocks	80
Management plans/arrangements	80
Performance results	79
Stock status of target species	79
Species at high risk after mitigation	29, 31
Species on the Move International Conference (Hobart)	117
Staff	113–23
Commissioners	172–4
Employment programs	118
Executive	See executive
Human resource management	116–19
Internships Program	119
Performance management	118
Profile	113–15
Remuneration	121
Rewards and recognition program	116–17
‘Stepping Into’ Program	119
Study assistance	123
Terms and conditions of employment	120
Training and development	122
Women	119
Stakeholders
Client service charter	24, 49
Engagement	47–8, 106
Statutory fishing rights
Transfer to	13
‘Stepping Into’ Program	119
Stevens, Richard	172, 173
Striped marlin	91
Study assistance	123
Sub-Antarctic Management Advisory Committee	93, 181
Sub-Antarctic Resource Assessment Group	93, 96
T
Taiwan	13
Target species, stock status	See by fishery
Thailand	42
Tiger prawns	61, 62, 63
Timor-Leste	42
Torres Strait Fisheries	44
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984	18
Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority	18
Training and development	122
Trappett, Andrew	117
Tropical Tuna Management Advisory Committee	179
Tuvalu	14
U
Undercatch, simplifying	44
United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement 1999	18
United States (US) Coastguard	40
Unreported fishing	10, 13, 18, 38, 41, 42, 46
Upper-Slope Dogfish Management Strategy	187
User guide	6–7
V
Values	19–20
Venslovas, Peter	174
Vessel Management Plan	70
Vessel Monitoring System	13, 14, 24, 110
Compliance rates	36
‘Show Cause’ process	37
Vietnam	38, 39, 42
Viking	42
W
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission	82, 100, 179
Western Tuna and Billfish fisheries	37–8, 54, 89–91, 179
Analysis of performance	90–1
E-monitoring	45
Estimated catch	89
Fish stocks	91
Management plans/arrangements	90
Performance results	89
Stock status of target species	89
White banana prawns	61, 63
Women in AFMA	119
Work health and safety	183–6
Accident statistics	185
Dangerous occurrence statistics	185
Initiatives	183–4
Investigations	186
Outcomes achieved	185
Performance	183
Work Health and Safety Act 2011	186
Work Health and Safety and Rehabilitation Management System Commitment Statement	183
Work Health and Safety Committee	183
Workplace Group (Human Resources)	118
World Fisheries Congress (South Korea)	117
Y
Yellowfin tuna	83, 91
Z
Zunic, Yvonne	176

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