Compliance and Enforcement

by | May 24, 2021 | Sustainability

Compliance and Enforcement

Governments use a range of approaches to make sure fisheries are sustainable including setting rules, collecting information and making sure the rules are being followed. Compliance and enforcement aim to effectively deter illegal fishing.  Activities undertaken to ensure compliance and enforcement include:

  • Communication and education is used to make sure people know the fishing rules, demonstrating commitments to enforcing regulations, reducing the misconception by offenders that they won’t be caught, increase understanding of the impacts of non‑compliance on fisheries sustainability and industry viability, and increase willingness and capacity to comply with the rules.
  • General deterrence is used to encourage compliance by providing a high visual presence.
  • Using a targeted risk-based compliance approach allows enforcement agencies to put their efforts into areas when and where they will be most effective.
  • Maintenance ensures that previously significant risks do not re-emerge.  Examples include quota reconciliation, fishing/navigating in closed areas, bycatch mishandling, failing to report Threatened, Endangered and Protected (TEP) Species Interactions, and compliance with Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and e-monitoring requirements.

More Information

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Tasmania's DPIPWE Compliance and Enforcement Policy and Procedures
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South Australia's Primary Industries and Regions South Australia Fisheries Officers
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Western Australia's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Fisheries compliance strategy
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Northern Territory Government
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Queensland DAF Fisheries compliance
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NSW Department of Primary Industries Compliance
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Victorian Fisheries Authority Enforcement
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AFMA's domestic compliance

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