by AFTA | Apr 22, 2024 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair's Report - April 2024 "From the first AFTA interactions on this issue, the reaction at the ministerial level down through bureaucracy shows AFTA holds a valuable and respected position. (Ben Scullin, CEO, VRFish)" Hon.Bob Baldwin Independent Chair, AFTA...
by AFTA | Mar 25, 2024 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair's Report - April 2024 "From the first AFTA interactions on this issue, the reaction at the ministerial level down through bureaucracy shows AFTA holds a valuable and respected position. (Ben Scullin, CEO, VRFish)" Hon.Bob Baldwin Independent Chair, AFTA...
by AFTA | Feb 20, 2024 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair’s Report – February 2024 “The closed access to the Finniss River and the potential of further access restrictions to the Mary, Roper & Lower Daly – Channel Point areas will concentrate commercial gill net fishing and further undermine...
by AFTA | Jan 22, 2024 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair’s Report – February 2024 “No matter which state recreational fishers are in, they should not be funding the normal government work, i.e., Fishery Compliance Officers! All money raised from recreational fishing license fees should be spent...
by AFTA | Dec 18, 2023 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair’s Report – December 2023 “AFTA will always fight the battles for recreational fishers that others seem to ignore or go silent on!” Hon.Bob Baldwin Independent Chair, AFTA QLD Gill Nets – ARE THEY IN OR OUT?? Last month, AFTA...
by AFTA | Nov 21, 2023 | President's & Chair Report
AFTA Chair’s Report – November 2023 “Gillnet fishing involves using fine-meshed nets at river mouths or estuaries that catch “everything”. They catch dugong, turtles, dolphins, and Saw sharks; they catch fish they are not aiming for. The...
