| Summary | The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is responsible for the design and implementation of policies regarding the use of fisheries resources in Australian territorial waters and colloborates with international counterparts to implement agreements. |
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| Project | SESMAD |
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| Subtype | Government Agency |
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| Sector | Marine protected areas |
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| Interest Heterogeneity | Low (1) |
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| Explanation | The AFMA share interests in the management of fish resources within Australian Territorial Waters |
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| Costs Of Exit | Not Applicable |
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| Proportionality (Of Costs And Benefits) | Not Applicable |
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| Actor Group Coordination | Formal |
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| Explanation | Members of the AFMA meet regularly with each other to manage fish resources. |
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| Leadership | ["Formal leader"] |
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| Explanation | The Australian Fisheries Management Authority is a government agency with a formal bureaucratic structure. |
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| Leadership Accountability | Medium (2) |
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| Explanation | AFMA, as a government agency, has a bureaucratic structure. |
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| Leadership Authority | High (3) |
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| Explanation | AFMA is the AU government's statutory agency responsible for fisheries management. |
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| Actor Group Trust | Missing |
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| Past Collaboration | High (3) |
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| Explanation | The AFMA was established in 1992 and members have had to work together since then in managing a wide variety of fisheries throughout Australia's EEZ (which is the third largest in the world). |
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| Personal Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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| Explanation | AFMA representatives meet multiples times a year through a variety of forums including SARAG (the Subantarctic Resource Assessment Group, which meets multiple times a year), SouthMAC (the Subantarctic Fisheries Management Advisory Committee, which meets at least once a year), and in and around CCAMLR meetings. |
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| Remote Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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| Explanation | In coordinating through various forums (e.g., see above, SARAG, SouthMAC, CCAMLR, etc.). |
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