- Date
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17 Mar 2005
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
and Fisheries Management Act 1991
to: give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; increase the exchange of information with foreign governments and international intergovernmental organisations in relation to suspected illegal fishers; provide for improved management of Australia’s fish stocks; and correct a drafting error. Also makes consequential amendments to the Fisheries Management Act 1991
and Migration Act 1958
contingent on commencement of the proposed Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Act 2005
.