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The Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA) is your professional trade association. Your membership fee supports the future sustainability of our industry and ensures the rights of recreational anglers throughout Australia are safeguarded for future generations.
Our purpose is to benefit our members: wholesalers, importers, manufacturers, retailers of fishing goods and services, and those involved in recreational fishing media.
AFTA: PROTECTING FISHING’S FUTURE
We strive to protect the future of recreational fishing by consistently engaging with political leaders at all levels of government. AFTA provides detailed submissions to the government on various issues, reflecting the concerns of our members.
Our goal is to achieve robust, well-considered, and equitable policy outcomes that either benefit or minimise the negative impact on the recreational fishing industry.
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CURRENT NEWS
Protecting Cockburn Sound: AFTA and BIA Call for Whole-of-Ecosystem Protection
The Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA), supported by the Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA), has made a formal submission to the Western Australian Government’s review of the State Environmental (Cockburn Sound) Policy 2015. Cockburn Sound is one of...
Have Your Say on Proposed NSW Snapper and Kingfish Cuts
Today, AFTA lodged its questions on the NSW Government's draft Snapper and Yellowtail Kingfish harvest strategies, ahead of a Board meeting with the Department on Thursday 12 September. The proposals would cut the recreational kingfish bag limit from five to one, add...
Submission Questions — Draft NSW Snapper Harvest Strategy and Draft NSW Yellowtail Kingfish Harvest Strategy
Before next week’s meeting with NSW DPI, AFTA sent a series of questions raising recreational fishers’ concerns so a structured, meaningful response to the Kingfish & Snapper reviews can be prepared. Ms Tara Black Deputy Secretary, Fisheries and Forestry NSW...
AFTA ask NSW to show the evidence before cutting kingfish and snapper limits
MEDIA STATEMENT AFTA ask NSW to show the evidence before cutting kingfish and snapper limits Department's own reports classified both species "sustainable" three years ago The Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA) has today lodged a submission on the NSW...
2026–27 Assessment of Recreational Fishing Participation
Help improve understanding of recreational fishing participation in South Australia. Due to ongoing impacts and fishing management arrangements associated with an algal bloom affecting South Australian waters since March 2025, an assessment of recreational fishing...
Commonwealth Marine Parks Review (30×30) – Request for Clarification
Senator the Hon Murray WattMinister for the Environment and WaterParliament HouseCANBERRA ACT 2600 c.c. Jane Webster – Senior Advisor Dear Minister COMMONWEALTH MARINE PARKS REVIEW (30x30) — REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION I write on behalf of the Australian Fishing Trade...
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