Australian Fishing Trade Association

AFTA works to protect fishing’s future and encourage participation in recreational fishing.

Support Your Association

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.

 Protecting Fishing’s Future

AFTA strives to protect the future of recreational fishing by consistently engaging with political leaders at all levels of government. AFTA provides detailed submissions to 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.

Recent issues addressed include lockouts, offshore wind farms, marine parks, demersal cutbacks, buyback of commercial gill net licenses, animal care and protection bills, Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and artificial reefs, shark depredation.  In addition, ahead of each election, in collaboration with local AFTA members, AFTA submits policy manifestos based on the triple-bottom-line impacts (economic, social and environmental) to each government and opposition party.

AFTA is determined to enhance working relationships with state peak bodies to help them better understand the industry’s business aspects (sales and revenue) and support their efforts in citizen science and local issues to improve fishing outcomes.

AFTA operates independently of any government funding, which allows AFTA to advocate impartially on matters critical to our members.

Click here to read the 2025 Membership Prospectus

Media, Retail and Wholesale companies with an Australian Business Number operating in the recreational fishing tackle industry are encouraged to apply.

Types of members:

A media member is a member whose primary business or interest is selling or distributing fishing media and services to the public.

A retail member is one whose primary business or interest is selling or distributing fishing goods and services to the public.

A wholesale member is a member whose primary business or interest is selling or distributing fishing goods and services to the retail sector (not directly to the public).

Membership fees are relative to the size of your business and are based on your fishing tackle turnover in Australia in the last financial year (2023-2024). The AFTA Board has once again voted against increasing membership fees and is holding the current rates for 2025.

 

SCHEDULE OF MEMBERSHIP FEES 2025
(all fees are GST inclusive)
Turnover Wholesale Media Retail
Up to $250,000 (WS025, MED025, RET025) $200 $150 $100
$250,001 – $500,000 (WS050, MED050, RET050) $370 $278 $185
$500,001 – $1,000,000 (WS1, MED1, RET1) $685 $513 $342
$1,000,001 – $2,000,000 (WS2, MED1+, RET1+) $1,266 $950 $633
$2,000,001 – $4,000,000 (WS4) $2,343
$4,000,001 and above (WS8, etc) Please contact us

 Don’t forget AFTA tackle show entry is included with your AFTA membership! 

Ready to join? Simply click below to fill in the form, ensuring you answer the few quick questions. We’ll process your application as efficiently as possible, and then you’ll receive a link to log back in and pay via credit card.

Click here to apply for membership

All Members Benefit from 

  • Political Liaison and Advocacy with both State and Federal Governments
  • Listing in AFTA’s fully searchable online Members Directory
  • Let’s Fish Australia’s social media campaign resources
  • Advertisement of positions vacant on the AFTA website and Facebook page
  • AFTA members can exhibit at the ICAST show at ASA member rates. ASA requires a confirmation from AFTA of your status as a current financial member
  • Membership certificate
  • Window sticker

and AFTA’s Corporate Travel Insurance Policy 

  • AFTA’s Corporate Travel Policy – it’s comprehensive policy, which at a glance includes
    • All Business trips by directors and employees
    • Accompanying spouses and dependents
    • Leisure travel added on to a business trip
    • Pure leisure travel for directors and their families
    • Pre-existing medical conditions
    • Lost luggage
    • Cancellation due to illness
    • Hire Car excess

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Click here to renew on the Member Portal

Current members can renew via the AFTA member portal. 

The portal includes all the links you need to take advantage of our PARTNER OFFERS.

In addition, members can access information such as the ABS Import Data, Board Meeting Minutes and AFTA Financials.

Log in anytime and update your listing in the online member directory.

Membership Enquiries

If you have any queries or need assistance to apply or renew, contact Heatha at admin@afta.net.au

AFTA is committed to a strong future for recreational fishing and the fishing industry, each and every member matters!