Harvest Strategy Policy
What is the Harvest Strategy Policy?
The Harvest Strategy Policy and associated implementation Guidelines will provide the Australian community with a high degree of confidence that commercial fish species are being managed for long-term biological sustainability and economic profitability. It will also provide the fishing industry with a more certain operating environment.
The Harvest Strategy Policy provides a framework that allows a more strategic, science-based approach to setting total allowable catch levels in all Commonwealth fisheries on a fishery by fishery basis. The implementation guidelines provide practical advice on how to interpret and apply the Harvest Strategy Policy to Australia's fisheries and contain details of the science behind the fisheries management decisions.
The policy complements the $220m Securing our Fishing Future package which through a number of initiatives, is working to ensure the future profitability and sustainability of the Commonwealth fishing industry.
- Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy, Policy and Guidelines - September 2007
PDF [660kb] - Media releases and speeches by former Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries can be located at Pandora - Australia's Web Archive
For more information on the future operating environment of Commonwealth managed fisheries contact the Australian Fisheries Management Authority or phone 1300 723 621.