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Major policy and legislative developments
The increasing focus on environmental issues in fisheries policy and management reflects legislative and policy developments. These include:
- The Fisheries Management Act 1991
- Review of Commonwealth Fisheries Policy
- National Ecologically Sustainable Development Reporting Framework
- The Precautionary Principle and fisheries
- Australia’s Oceans Policy 1998
- State of the Marine Environment Report
- The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
- Listed and threatened species and fisheries interactions
- Bycatch Policies
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Last reviewed: 28 Mar 2007
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