Bill
Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Representation) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-11-06. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-02-08
- second reading — 2017-02-08
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- third reading — 2017-08-10
- introduced — 2017-08-14
- second reading — 2017-10-24
- second reading — 2017-10-24
- other — 2017-10-24
- second reading — 2017-10-26
- second reading — 2017-10-26
- other — 2017-10-26
- third reading — 2017-10-26
- passed — 2017-10-26
- royal assent — 2017-11-06
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-02-08.
The bill would give recreational and Indigenous fishers a stronger role in managing Commonwealth commercial fisheries.
It would require the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to consider the interests of all fishery users when making decisions.
The bill also expands eligibility for the AFMA Commission to include people with expertise in recreational and Indigenous fishing.
- Recognises recreational and Indigenous fishers explicitly in Commonwealth legislation.
- Requires AFMA to consider the interests of all fishery users in management decisions.
- Increases opportunities for membership of AFMA advisory bodies.
- Extends eligibility criteria for the AFMA Commission to include recreational and Indigenous fishing expertise.
Recreational and Indigenous fishers, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, and its advisory bodies and Commission.
Sources
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