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Treat this as an evidence pack for editorial review, not a final judgement.\n\n## Source Coverage\n\n| Source type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| other-pdfs | 5 |\n| pages | 12 |\n\n## Executive Readout\n\n### Purpose\n\n- [pages 20,21,22,23,24,25]\ned by the responsible minister to a regulator to provide greater clarity about\ngovernment policies and objectives relevant to the regulator in line with its statutory\nTRLWG 19 – Thursday Island – 11 December 2025\nOFFICIAL\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 39]\nOFFICIAL 39\nAttachment 6b\nObjectives under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\nIn the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred\non Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management\npriorities:\n(a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional\ninhabitants, including their rights in relation to traditional fishing;\n(b) to protect and preserve the marine environment and indigenous fauna and flora in and\nin the vicinity of the Protected Zone;\n(c) to adopt conservation measures necessary for the conservation of a species in such a\nway as to minimise any restrictive effects of the measures on traditional fishing;\n(d) to administer the provisions of Part 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty (relating to commercial\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- 4 Overview of TRLRAG 41 outcomes Noting TRL RAG 1045am\nand advice Chair\n1 hour\nThe Working Group is invited to note an overview of the TRL RAG 41 outcomes to be presented by\nthe TRL RAG chair.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf)`\n\n### Role and Functions\n\n- [Page 34]\nOFFICIAL 34\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nNot progressed\nThis proposal to amend the hookah\nseason start date was supported to by the\nWG in Dec 23 and the necessary\ndocuments to administer the changes\n• Implement an earlier hookah season start were prepared by AFMA ready for\ndate (1st, 7th or 15th Jan) Ministerial sign off, however following\n• Remove three moontide hookah closures consultation undertaken by TSRA in\nduring the months of February, April and December 2023/January 2024, the\nTRLWG 15\nHookah season and May) recommendation was not supported by\n(December 2023)\nmoontide hookah • Remove of some restrictions on TIB fishing communities/industry and the changes\nand TRLWG 16 (5\nclosures effort to: were not implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 39]\nOFFICIAL 39\nAttachment 6b\nObjectives under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\nIn the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred\non Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management\npriorities:\n(a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional\ninhabitants, including their rights in relation to traditional fishing;\n(b) to protect and preserve the marine environment and indigenous fauna and flora in and\nin the vicinity of the Protected Zone;\n(c) to adopt conservation measures necessary for the conservation of a species in such a\nway as to minimise any restrictive effects of the measures on traditional fishing;\n(d) to administer the provisions of Part 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty (relating to commercial\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- Management\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nOption for primary vessels limited to 9.9m being TRLWG 4 (27-28 Not Progressed\nBoat length restriction increased to 13.9m Aug 2015) TRLWG 4 identified this item as a high\n& policy Review how/if use of tow cages undermines boat TRLWG 10 (12 priority following the implementation of\nlength restrictions December 2019) the Management Plan.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025/26 onwards\nassessment, indicators as required. until the end of 2027/28.\nharvest\n• Recommend a recommended biological catch Project cost is $1,193,418 over 3 years.\ncontrol rules\n(RBC) annually for each season.\nand\n• Every third-year update and implement the\nrecommended\nlong-term stock assessment.\nbiological\ncatch (RBC) • Conduct a pre- season survey in November\neach year, including seabed habitat monitoring.\n• Facilitate data sharing with PNG.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Ecological risk • Conduct an update to the 2007 ERA for the TRL Essential Not budgeted for in 2026/27 TRLRAG 29 agreed that because the\nassessment Fishery. (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Fishery is based on a single species,\ncollected by hand, there is unlikely to be\n(ERA)\nany significant change in the ecological risk\nfactors relating to the TRL fishery since the\nlast ERA was undertaken in 2007.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n\n### Strategic Priorities\n\n- Management\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nOption for primary vessels limited to 9.9m being TRLWG 4 (27-28 Not Progressed\nBoat length restriction increased to 13.9m Aug 2015) TRLWG 4 identified this item as a high\n& policy Review how/if use of tow cages undermines boat TRLWG 10 (12 priority following the implementation of\nlength restrictions December 2019) the Management Plan.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025/26 onwards\nassessment, indicators as required. until the end of 2027/28.\nharvest\n• Recommend a recommended biological catch Project cost is $1,193,418 over 3 years.\ncontrol rules\n(RBC) annually for each season.\nand\n• Every third-year update and implement the\nrecommended\nlong-term stock assessment.\nbiological\ncatch (RBC) • Conduct a pre- season survey in November\neach year, including seabed habitat monitoring.\n• Facilitate data sharing with PNG.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Science peer Consistent with AFMA’s best practice Guidelines for Desirable, priority 3 This project is currently estimated Original driver for this research need may\nreview quality assurance of Australian fisheries research (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) to cost between $60,000 - $80,000 be now less important.\nand science information (the Guidelines), a peer depending on final scope.\nreview be conducted of the TRL Fishery survey The Chair and independent\ndesign. scientific member agreed to\nfinalise the Terms of Reference for\nthe review out-of-session (TRL\nRAG 29)\nMid-year Conduct mid- year survey, as required under the To be conducted only if n/a Unless triggered under the Harvest Strategy\nsurvey Harvest Strategy for the TRL Fishery. requirement to undertake a for the TRL Fishery, this project is not a\nmid-year survey is triggered priority for the TRL Fishery.\nunder the Harvest Strategy –\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Lunch (12:30pm – 1:00pm)\n6 Management priorities Recommendation AFMA 1pm\n1.5 hours\nThe Working Group will be invited to discuss any future management priorities for the TRL Fishery\nincluding any proposed changes to management arrangements.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf)`\n- 7 Research Priorities Recommendation AFMA 230pm\n1 hour\nThe Working Group will be invited to discuss and provide advice on research priorities for the TRL\nFishery for the 2026/27 – 2031/32 five-year period.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf)`\n- [Page 29]\nOFFICIAL 29\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nREVIEW OF MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES Agenda Item 6\nFor Discussion and Advice\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 39]\nOFFICIAL 39\nAttachment 6b\nObjectives under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\nIn the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred\non Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management\npriorities:\n(a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional\ninhabitants, including their rights in relation to traditional fishing;\n(b) to protect and preserve the marine environment and indigenous fauna and flora in and\nin the vicinity of the Protected Zone;\n(c) to adopt conservation measures necessary for the conservation of a species in such a\nway as to minimise any restrictive effects of the measures on traditional fishing;\n(d) to administer the provisions of Part 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty (relating to commercial\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 40]\nOFFICIAL 40\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nResearch Process and Priorities Agenda Item 7\nFor DISCUSSION\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- That the currently funded three-year TRL project “Fishery independent survey,\nstock assessment, and Recommended Biological Catch calculations for the Torres\nStrait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery 2025/26-2027/28”, is the Fishery’s agreed\nhighest ‘essential’ research priority, as recommended by the RAG; and\nb.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 42]\nOFFICIAL 42\n(ii) The highest ‘essential’ priority for the fishery remains the need to\nundertake fishery independent surveys, stock assessment, harvest\ncontrol and Recommended Biological Catch (RBC) work.\n(iii) Undertaking an update to the 2007 Ecological Risk Assessment\n(ERA) for the TRL Fishery remains an essential priority.\n(iv) Improvement of data collection (to be pursued by the TRL RAG data\nsub-group) remains an essential priority.\n(v) Impact and mitigation of climate change effects in Torres Strait\nfisheries is an essential priority, noting the CSIRO project on this will\nbenefit all Torres Strait fisheries, including TRL.\n(vi) Understanding fisher behaviour, including capturing information on\nthe impacts of COVID-19 on things like effort levels, spatial effort\ndistribution and economically driven changes in behaviour in the fishery,\nremain essential priorities.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n\n## KPIs, Targets, and Where They Are At\n\n- Management\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nOption for primary vessels limited to 9.9m being TRLWG 4 (27-28 Not Progressed\nBoat length restriction increased to 13.9m Aug 2015) TRLWG 4 identified this item as a high\n& policy Review how/if use of tow cages undermines boat TRLWG 10 (12 priority following the implementation of\nlength restrictions December 2019) the Management Plan.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 33]\nOFFICIAL 33\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nComplete\nAmend method for setting hookah closures to TRLWG 6 (25-26 This was reconsidered at TRLWG 8 who\ncoincide with full moons and moult cycles July 2017) agreed to maintain the existing\nmethodology\nRequirements concerning the possession and\nuse of hookah gear around hookah closure\nperiods, including:\n- Creating provisions that allowed for transiting Not supported\nto the fishing grounds before the hookah\nThe hookah possession requirements\nseason re-opened.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 34]\nOFFICIAL 34\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nNot progressed\nThis proposal to amend the hookah\nseason start date was supported to by the\nWG in Dec 23 and the necessary\ndocuments to administer the changes\n• Implement an earlier hookah season start were prepared by AFMA ready for\ndate (1st, 7th or 15th Jan) Ministerial sign off, however following\n• Remove three moontide hookah closures consultation undertaken by TSRA in\nduring the months of February, April and December 2023/January 2024, the\nTRLWG 15\nHookah season and May) recommendation was not supported by\n(December 2023)\nmoontide hookah • Remove of some restrictions on TIB fishing communities/industry and the changes\nand TRLWG 16 (5\nclosures effort to: were not implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 35]\nOFFICIAL 35\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nDiving equipment at n/a n/a\nNo proposal to change\nnight\nTRLWG 19 – Thursday Island – 11 December 2025\nOFFICIAL\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 36]\nOFFICIAL 36\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nLast proposed for discussion at TRLWG 6\n(25 26 July 2017).\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- 2008 Conversion factor TRL tail to whole weight conversion ratio (2.677) implemented\nInterim Harvest Strategy implemented for the TRL Fishery in response to the planned transition to a quota\n2009 Harvest strategy\nmanagement system, laying out the biological objectives for the fishery and how this could be achieved.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025/26 onwards\nassessment, indicators as required. until the end of 2027/28.\nharvest\n• Recommend a recommended biological catch Project cost is $1,193,418 over 3 years.\ncontrol rules\n(RBC) annually for each season.\nand\n• Every third-year update and implement the\nrecommended\nlong-term stock assessment.\nbiological\ncatch (RBC) • Conduct a pre- season survey in November\neach year, including seabed habitat monitoring.\n• Facilitate data sharing with PNG.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Ecological risk • Conduct an update to the 2007 ERA for the TRL Essential Not budgeted for in 2026/27 TRLRAG 29 agreed that because the\nassessment Fishery. (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Fishery is based on a single species,\ncollected by hand, there is unlikely to be\n(ERA)\nany significant change in the ecological risk\nfactors relating to the TRL fishery since the\nlast ERA was undertaken in 2007.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Science peer Consistent with AFMA’s best practice Guidelines for Desirable, priority 3 This project is currently estimated Original driver for this research need may\nreview quality assurance of Australian fisheries research (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) to cost between $60,000 - $80,000 be now less important.\nand science information (the Guidelines), a peer depending on final scope.\nreview be conducted of the TRL Fishery survey The Chair and independent\ndesign. scientific member agreed to\nfinalise the Terms of Reference for\nthe review out-of-session (TRL\nRAG 29)\nMid-year Conduct mid- year survey, as required under the To be conducted only if n/a Unless triggered under the Harvest Strategy\nsurvey Harvest Strategy for the TRL Fishery. requirement to undertake a for the TRL Fishery, this project is not a\nmid-year survey is triggered priority for the TRL Fishery.\nunder the Harvest Strategy –\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 47]\nOFFICIAL 47\nAttachment 7c\nCommitted Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) funds for multi-year projects 2024/25 – 2027/28 Key\nFUNDED\nCost per year\nProject Title\n2025/26 2026/27 2027/28\nFIS, stock assessment, Harvest Strategy and Recommended Biological Catch calculation\n$456,887 $373,452.20 $434,177.70\nfor the Torres Strait TRL Fishery\nFinfish Fishery: Coral Trout and Spanish Mackerel Biological Sampling 2021-2024 $203,448 $189,997 $199,6461\nTSPF tiger prawn stock assessment update $2,400\nClimate change project (Funded by TSRA) $177,980 $29,202\nTotal cost for all contracted projects\n$621,200 $529,499 $638,210\n(excluding Climate Change)\n$621,200 $645,000 $645,000\nPredicted available research budget2 (excluding Climate Change) $621,000 AFMA3 $420,000 AFMA $420,000 AFMA\nTBC TSRA4 $225,000 TSRA $225,000 TSRA\nAvailable remaining funds or shortfall\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- 3 Assumed Government budget allocation\n4 Estimate of an annual ongoing TSRA contribution\nTRLWG 19 – Thursday Island – 11 December 2025\nOFFICIAL\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Tropical rock lobster (kaiar) season 2025–26\nTropical Rock Lobster season runs from 1 December 2025 to 30 September 2026 or until available quota units are caught.\n Source: `pages/about.html (http://pzja.gov.au/)`\n- Latest news and alerts\nView all news and alerts\nNews\n21 Mar 2026\nChange of start date for 2026 Blackteat Fishery – Cyclone Narelle\nNotice from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and the Torres Strait Regional Authority\nChange of Start Date for 2026 Blackteat Fishery\nRead more\nNews\n19 Mar 2026\nVessel Monitoring Systems required for all fishers participating in the 2026 black teatfish season\nRead more\nNews\n12 Feb 2026\nBlack teatfish season opens on 23 March 2026\nRead more\nWays to report illegal fishing\nYou can help us make sure our fish stocks are protected for the future by reporting any illegal and suspicious fishing activities you see!\n Source: `pages/about.html (http://pzja.gov.au/)`\n\n## Key Metrics\n\n| Values found | Evidence | Source |\n|---|---|---|\n| $456,887 , $373,452.20 , $434,177.70\n, $203,448 , $189,997 , $199,6461 | [Page 47]\nOFFICIAL 47\nAttachment 7c\nCommitted Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) funds for multi-year projects 2024/25 – 2027/28 Key\nFUNDED\nCost per year\nProject Title\n2025/26 2026/27 2027/28\nFIS, stock assessment, Harvest Strategy and Recommended Biological Catch calculation\n$456,887 $373,452.20 $434,177.70\nfor the Torres Strait TRL Fishery\nFinfish Fishery: Coral Trout and Spanish Mackerel Biological Sampling 2021-2024 $203,448 | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $66.65\n, $61.30\n, $39.10\n, $35.55\n, $34.75\n, $31.15 | Reasonable expense guidance\nExpense\nThursday Island\nCairns\nDinner\n$66.65\n$61.30\nLunch\n$39.10\n$35.55\nBreakfast\n$34.75\n$31.15\nIncidentals\n$24.50\n$24.50\nA rate of 88 cents per kilometre (as of 25 August 2025) will be paid to members where a private car is used to travel for advisory committee business. | `pages/taskforces-index__03.html (http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/member-admin-information-pzja-working-groups-management-advisory-committees-and)` |\n| $1,193,418 | Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025 | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $60,000 , $80,000 | Science peer Consistent with AFMA’s best practice Guidelines for Desirable, priority 3 This project is currently estimated Original driver for this research need may\nreview quality assurance of Australian fisheries research (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) to cost between $60,000 - $80,000 be now less important.\nand science information (the Guidelines), a peer depending on final scope.\nreview be conducted of the TRL Fishery survey The Chair and independ | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $420,000 | Limited funding is available each year, with AFMA historically contributing around\n$420,000 each year to the Protected Zone Joint Authority fisheries research budget. | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $625,000 | The recent baseline Government budget is around $625,000\nannually for all PZJA fisheries research. | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| 70\nper cent, 10\nper cent, 10 per cent | The Osprey eHCR formula uses a statistic that measures the relative performance of the\nfishery based on the following data inputs:\n• the pre-season survey index of abundance of juvenile recruiting 1+ lobsters (70\nper cent weighting);\n• the pre-season survey index of abundance of newly recruited 0+ lobsters (10\nper cent weighting);\n• the standardised CPUE index from the TVH sector (10 per cent weighting); and\n• the standardised CPUE index from the | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| 81.45 per cent | 378.27 tonnes equates to 81.45 per cent of Australia’s 464.4 tonne total allowable catch\n(TAC) for the 2024-25 fishing season. | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| 72 per cent | The TIB sector caught 221.36 tonnes of TRL which equates to 72 per cent of the TIB TAC\nand the TVH sector caught 156.91 tonnes of TRL which equates to 99.97% per cent of\nthe TVH TAC. | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $1,193,418 | Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025 | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $60,000 , $80,000 | Science peer Consistent with AFMA’s best practice Guidelines for Desirable, priority 3 This project is currently estimated Original driver for this research need may\nreview quality assurance of Australian fisheries research (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) to cost between $60,000 - $80,000 be now less important.\nand science information (the Guidelines), a peer depending on final scope.\nreview be conducted of the TRL Fishery survey The Chair and independ | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $456,887 , $373,452.20 , $434,177.70\n, $203,448 , $189,997 , $199,6461 | [Page 47]\nOFFICIAL 47\nAttachment 7c\nCommitted Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) funds for multi-year projects 2024/25 – 2027/28 Key\nFUNDED\nCost per year\nProject Title\n2025/26 2026/27 2027/28\nFIS, stock assessment, Harvest Strategy and Recommended Biological Catch calculation\n$456,887 $373,452.20 $434,177.70\nfor the Torres Strait TRL Fishery\nFinfish Fishery: Coral Trout and Spanish Mackerel Biological Sampling 2021-2024 $203,448 | `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)` |\n| $66.65\n, $61.30\n, $39.10\n, $35.55\n, $34.75\n, $31.15 | Reasonable expense guidance\nExpense\nThursday Island\nCairns\nDinner\n$66.65\n$61.30\nLunch\n$39.10\n$35.55\nBreakfast\n$34.75\n$31.15\nIncidentals\n$24.50\n$24.50\nA rate of 88 cents per kilometre (as of 25 August 2025) will be paid to members where a private car is used to travel for advisory committee business. | `pages/taskforces-index__03.html (http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/member-admin-information-pzja-working-groups-management-advisory-committees-and)` |\n\n## Key Achievements\n\n- Under FMN 44 (amended FMN 38):\nMar-1997 Regulations • Method restrictions amended - only collection by hand, use of spear or other handheld implement\npermitted, no underwater breathing apparatus except hookah, no underwater mechanical propulsion\nUnder LN 8:\nMay-1997 Logbooks • Tropical Rock Lobster Logbook TRL03 implemented – both TRL02 and TRL03 mandatory for boats with\nfreezing capacity, records both live and frozen tails\nUnder FMN 48 (replaced FMN 34):\nApr-1998 Regulations\n• Minimum size limits amended - 80 mm carapace length, 100 mm tail length\nTraditional\nInhabitant access, PZJA agrees that children of “amnesty” Papua New Guineans be considered Traditional Inhabitants, following\n1999\nidentification, the 1989 decision to include “amnesty” people within the definition of Traditional Inhabitants.\ndefinition\nSingle jurisdiction,\nJuly- licensing,\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 12]\nOFFICIAL 12\nAttachment 1d\nTime period Topic/Keywords Description\n• Introduction of prohibition on taking or carrying of TRL while using, or in the possession of, hookah gear\nbetween 1 Oct-31 Jan\n• All other requirements remained unchanged - method restrictions, minimum size limits\nLegislation, Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 is amended to make the Torres Strait Regional Authority Chairperson a\n2002\nTSRA, PZJA member of the Protected Zone Joint Authority\nA 30% reduction in the number of tenders attached to each non-Traditional Inhabitant licence package was\nLatent effort,\nimplemented, except where only 1 tender exists, in which case the tender will be entitled to continue working.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Notional total allowable catches implemented (notional as allocation had not yet been undertaken nor a\n2006 TAC\nmanagement plan developed)\nUnder FMN 73 (replaced FMN 58, 62):\n• Introduction of fishery closure from 1-30 Nov (revoking previous fishery closure from 1 Oct-30 Nov).\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Mar-2016 Environment Torres Strait coral bleaching and sea cage mortality event\nBuyback,\nOct-2016 to Based on a further buy-out of three licences (3 primaries and 7 tenders) the sectoral catch share between the\nstructural\nOct-2017 Traditional Inhabitant and non-Traditional Inhabitant sectors changed to 66.17:33.83\nadjustment\nVessel monitoring system (VMS) implemented – mandatory for primary boat and/or operating with a Carrier\nJul-2017 Vessel monitoring Boat License (Class A, B, or C).\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Not supported or implemented\nEmergency measures to change the start of the\nRecommendations were agreed to\nhookah season from 1 February to 24 January TRLWG 15 (14\nhowever following consultation\n2024 and remove the February moontide hookah December 2023)\nundertaken by TSRA, the proposal was\nclosure.\nnot supported nor implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 34]\nOFFICIAL 34\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nNot progressed\nThis proposal to amend the hookah\nseason start date was supported to by the\nWG in Dec 23 and the necessary\ndocuments to administer the changes\n• Implement an earlier hookah season start were prepared by AFMA ready for\ndate (1st, 7th or 15th Jan) Ministerial sign off, however following\n• Remove three moontide hookah closures consultation undertaken by TSRA in\nduring the months of February, April and December 2023/January 2024, the\nTRLWG 15\nHookah season and May) recommendation was not supported by\n(December 2023)\nmoontide hookah • Remove of some restrictions on TIB fishing communities/industry and the changes\nand TRLWG 16 (5\nclosures effort to: were not implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- AFMA have scoped the implementation of\na common expiry date for licences in the\nRequirement to hold a TRL Fishery, however administrative\nTIB licenses to be valid for 5 years\nlicence TRLWG 4 (27-28 resources are not currently available to\nAug 2015) progress this matter further.\n(all fisheries)\nThe PZJA approved the development of\ndraft amendments to the Torres Strait\nFisheries Regulations 1985 to provide for\nall licences to be issued for 5 years.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 39]\nOFFICIAL 39\nAttachment 6b\nObjectives under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\nIn the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred\non Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management\npriorities:\n(a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional\ninhabitants, including their rights in relation to traditional fishing;\n(b) to protect and preserve the marine environment and indigenous fauna and flora in and\nin the vicinity of the Protected Zone;\n(c) to adopt conservation measures necessary for the conservation of a species in such a\nway as to minimise any restrictive effects of the measures on traditional fishing;\n(d) to administer the provisions of Part 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty (relating to commercial\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 27]\n2025 Survey\n Charter vessel: Cossack Pearl\n Skipper and crew included:\n 3 experienced Islander divers / dory drivers\n Extremely good experience and\nlocal knowledge\n 95% transects:\nscience + experienced divers\n All 77 sites completed\n16\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf)`\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- 1:\nJun-2003 Logbooks • Tropical Rock Lobster Logbook TRL04 implemented – mandatory for all non-Traditional Inhabitant\noperators\nMoon-tide hookah closures (a periodic closure on the use of hookah gear three days either side of the full or\nManagement\nJan-2005 new moon each month during between Februrary and September) introduced – first implemented in 2005 as a\narrangements\nway to reduce fishing effort to levels recorded in 2002.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- 2008 Conversion factor TRL tail to whole weight conversion ratio (2.677) implemented\nInterim Harvest Strategy implemented for the TRL Fishery in response to the planned transition to a quota\n2009 Harvest strategy\nmanagement system, laying out the biological objectives for the fishery and how this could be achieved.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n\n## Key Issues, Risks, and Recommendations\n\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- Ecological risk • Conduct an update to the 2007 ERA for the TRL Essential Not budgeted for in 2026/27 TRLRAG 29 agreed that because the\nassessment Fishery. (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Fishery is based on a single species,\ncollected by hand, there is unlikely to be\n(ERA)\nany significant change in the ecological risk\nfactors relating to the TRL fishery since the\nlast ERA was undertaken in 2007.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 47]\nOFFICIAL 47\nAttachment 7c\nCommitted Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee (TSSAC) funds for multi-year projects 2024/25 – 2027/28 Key\nFUNDED\nCost per year\nProject Title\n2025/26 2026/27 2027/28\nFIS, stock assessment, Harvest Strategy and Recommended Biological Catch calculation\n$456,887 $373,452.20 $434,177.70\nfor the Torres Strait TRL Fishery\nFinfish Fishery: Coral Trout and Spanish Mackerel Biological Sampling 2021-2024 $203,448 $189,997 $199,6461\nTSPF tiger prawn stock assessment update $2,400\nClimate change project (Funded by TSRA) $177,980 $29,202\nTotal cost for all contracted projects\n$621,200 $529,499 $638,210\n(excluding Climate Change)\n$621,200 $645,000 $645,000\nPredicted available research budget2 (excluding Climate Change) $621,000 AFMA3 $420,000 AFMA $420,000 AFMA\nTBC TSRA4 $225,000 TSRA $225,000 TSRA\nAvailable remaining funds or shortfall\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Lunch (12:30pm – 1:00pm)\n6 Management priorities Recommendation AFMA 1pm\n1.5 hours\nThe Working Group will be invited to discuss any future management priorities for the TRL Fishery\nincluding any proposed changes to management arrangements.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf)`\n- 7 Research Priorities Recommendation AFMA 230pm\n1 hour\nThe Working Group will be invited to discuss and provide advice on research priorities for the TRL\nFishery for the 2026/27 – 2031/32 five-year period.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nOFFICIAL 2\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nPRELIMINARIES Agenda Item 1\nFor NOTING\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 18]\nOFFICIAL 18\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nUPDATES FROM MEMBERS Agenda Item 2\nFor NOTING\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 21]\nOFFICIAL 21\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP (TRLWG) MEETING 19\nThursday Island 11 December 2025\nCATCH SUMMARY FOR THE 2024-25 FISHING SEASON Agenda Item 3\nFor NOTING\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 26]\nOFFICIAL 26\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nTOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH Agenda Item 5\nFor DISCUSSION and ADVICE\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 29]\nOFFICIAL 29\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nREVIEW OF MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES Agenda Item 6\nFor Discussion and Advice\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Not supported or implemented\nEmergency measures to change the start of the\nRecommendations were agreed to\nhookah season from 1 February to 24 January TRLWG 15 (14\nhowever following consultation\n2024 and remove the February moontide hookah December 2023)\nundertaken by TSRA, the proposal was\nclosure.\nnot supported nor implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 34]\nOFFICIAL 34\nAttachment 6a\nManagement\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nNot progressed\nThis proposal to amend the hookah\nseason start date was supported to by the\nWG in Dec 23 and the necessary\ndocuments to administer the changes\n• Implement an earlier hookah season start were prepared by AFMA ready for\ndate (1st, 7th or 15th Jan) Ministerial sign off, however following\n• Remove three moontide hookah closures consultation undertaken by TSRA in\nduring the months of February, April and December 2023/January 2024, the\nTRLWG 15\nHookah season and May) recommendation was not supported by\n(December 2023)\nmoontide hookah • Remove of some restrictions on TIB fishing communities/industry and the changes\nand TRLWG 16 (5\nclosures effort to: were not implemented.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Not Progressed\nConsistent with the recommendation of\nA Master Fisherman’s\nReview arrangements for MFL TRLWG 4 (27-28 August 2015), this item\nlicence must be held TRLWG 4 (27-28\nhas not been progressed since that\nby person in charge of Aug 2015)\n(all fisheries) meeting.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 40]\nOFFICIAL 40\nTROPICAL ROCK LOBSTER WORKING GROUP MEETING 19\n(TRLWG)\n11 December 2025\nThursday Island\nResearch Process and Priorities Agenda Item 7\nFor DISCUSSION\nRECOMMENDATIONS\n1.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n\n## Corporate Values and Operating Culture\n\n- Understanding • Understanding the drivers and incentives in Desirable, priority 2 TSRA is currently funding the TRL Data Sub-group should commence\nfisher determining fishing behaviour in all sectors. (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) related WAPPIL project. initial conversations with industry and\nbehaviour and • Understanding fishing behaviour under output collection of qualitative data, with a view to\ndeveloping a structured quantitative survey\ncontrols: the impact of ITQs or competitive The PZJA Standing Committee is\nover time.\nquota on the fishery (including social impacts); also due to consider the next\nthe extent and impact of discard mortality; the steps in the TIB quota allocation\neffect of changing market preferences on review at their next meeting.\nfishing behaviour under output controls; the\nextent of value adding e.g. moving to live\nproduct, targeting different sizes; the extent of\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- However, this item was\nfor TIB boats only April 2016)\nInput controls\nnot considered due to the early closure of\nProposal to permit lamp fishing from TIB boats TRLWG 5 (5-6 the meeting (lack of quorum).\nonly April 2016)\nRequested the hookah season commence earlier\n(on 1 January) and possibly close again in March\nHookah closure\nto allow industry to maximise the catch value in\n(1 December – 31\nthe season by fishing to the Chinese New Year TRLWG 10 (12 Not Progressed\nJanuary)\nmarket, and restricting hookah catches in March December 2019)\nwhen market prices are reduced and lobster\nmortality is higher due to moulting and increased\nwater temperatures and lobster discards.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 42]\nOFFICIAL 42\n(ii) The highest ‘essential’ priority for the fishery remains the need to\nundertake fishery independent surveys, stock assessment, harvest\ncontrol and Recommended Biological Catch (RBC) work.\n(iii) Undertaking an update to the 2007 Ecological Risk Assessment\n(ERA) for the TRL Fishery remains an essential priority.\n(iv) Improvement of data collection (to be pursued by the TRL RAG data\nsub-group) remains an essential priority.\n(v) Impact and mitigation of climate change effects in Torres Strait\nfisheries is an essential priority, noting the CSIRO project on this will\nbenefit all Torres Strait fisheries, including TRL.\n(vi) Understanding fisher behaviour, including capturing information on\nthe impacts of COVID-19 on things like effort levels, spatial effort\ndistribution and economically driven changes in behaviour in the fishery,\nremain essential priorities.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [pages 42,43,44]\nfects in Torres Strait\nfisheries is an essential priority, noting the CSIRO project on this will\nbenefit all Torres Strait fisheries, including TRL.\n(vi) Understanding fisher behaviour, including capturing information on\nthe impacts of COVID-19 on things like effort levels, spatial effort\ndistribution and economically driven changes in behaviour in the fishery,\nremain essential priorities.\n(vii) Understanding connectivity, environmental drivers and\nadaptation strategies is desirable rather than essential, as climate change\nhas been separately identified as a priority and is higher than understanding\nconnectivity implications between jurisdictions.\n(viii) Understanding changes to fishing power and a science peer\nreview remain desirable.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- [Page 44]\nSummary\nComponent Value\n Low 2025 survey\n2025 Survey 0+ index 0.27\n0+ & 1+ indices\n2025 Survey 1+ index 2.19\n 1+ drives eHCR (70%)\n2025 Fishery Standardised TIB CPUE 1.49\n 0+ (10%)\n2025 Fishery Standardised TVH CPUE 1.88\nOsprey tuning multiplier 619\n High 2025 CPUE indices\nPre-season SSC term 0.724\n TVH (10%)\n1+ index / reference median 0.45\n TIB (10%)\n1+ CV 0.18\n33\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf)`\n- Search & filter publications\nSearch and filter publications\nClose\nClear filters\nPublication type\nAll\nAnnual Reports\nCorporate\nEcological Risk Management\nFact Sheets\nFishery Publications\nYear\nAll years\n2004\n2006\n2007\n2008\n2009\n2010\n2011\n2012\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2023\n2024\n2025\nClear filters\nClear search\nSort by:\nDate (Oldest)\nDate (Latest)\nShowing 1 - 8 of 40 results\nAnnual Reports\n29 Oct 2025\nPZJA Annual Report 2024–25\nAnnual Reports\n08 Nov 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2023-24\nFishery Publications\n07 Nov 2024\nTropical Rock Lobster Fishery Management Arrangement Booklet 2024-25\nAnnual Reports\n19 Apr 2024\nPZJA Annual Report 2020–2023\nFact Sheets\n05 Mar 2024\nCross endorsement 2024 fact sheet\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority Advice\nTorres Strait Treaty endorsements in the Australian Fisheries Jurisdiction of the Protected Zone\n Source: `pages/corporate-plans-index.html (http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/)`\n- Management\nControls Changes proposed Date Raised Status\nmeasure\nOption for primary vessels limited to 9.9m being TRLWG 4 (27-28 Not Progressed\nBoat length restriction increased to 13.9m Aug 2015) TRLWG 4 identified this item as a high\n& policy Review how/if use of tow cages undermines boat TRLWG 10 (12 priority following the implementation of\nlength restrictions December 2019) the Management Plan.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n- Will contribute to the TRL Fishery’s priority\nclimate (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) of understanding connectivity,\nchange on environmental drivers and adaptation\nTorres Strait strategies.\nfisheries\nFishery • Monitor ongoing changes in the fishery and Essential, priority 1 Currently funded under AFMA Needs to be scoped for a new project for\nsurveys, stock update or develop fishery performance (as per TRLRAG 36 advice) Research Project (2024-0820) 2025/26 onwards\nassessment, indicators as required. until the end of 2027/28.\nharvest\n• Recommend a recommended biological catch Project cost is $1,193,418 over 3 years.\ncontrol rules\n(RBC) annually for each season.\nand\n• Every third-year update and implement the\nrecommended\nlong-term stock assessment.\nbiological\ncatch (RBC) • Conduct a pre- season survey in November\neach year, including seabed habitat monitoring.\n• Facilitate data sharing with PNG.\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf (http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf)`\n\n## Global Ideas and Case Study Inputs\n\n_No global-intelligence source text found yet. Run `CLAUDE/global-ideas-scraper.py ` to populate case-study sources._\n\n## Source Artifacts Used\n\n- `pages/about.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/\n- `pages/announcements-index.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/privacy-statement\n- `pages/announcements-index__04.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/privacy-statement\n- `pages/corporate-plans-index.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/resources/publications/\n- `pages/homepage.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/\n- `pages/news-latest.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/\n- `pages/publications-index.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/corporate-and-reports\n- `pages/taskforces-index.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/pzja-committees\n- `pages/taskforces-index__00.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/pzja-committees/torres-strait-tropical-rock-lobster-working-group-tstrlwg\n- `pages/taskforces-index__01.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/pzja-committees/torres-strait-hand-collectables-working-group-meeting-tshcwg\n- `pages/taskforces-index__02.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/pzja-committees/torres-strait-prawn-working-group-tspwg\n- `pages/taskforces-index__03.html` - pages - http://pzja.gov.au/advisory-committees/member-admin-information-pzja-working-groups-management-advisory-committees-and\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-18-adopted-agenda.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-11/trlwg-18-adopted-agenda.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/Torres-Strait-TRL-Fishery-Moontide-Hookah-Closures-Calendar-2025-26.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-11/Torres-Strait-TRL-Fishery-Moontide-Hookah-Closures-Calendar-2025-26.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf` - other-pdfs - http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-agenda.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf` - other-pdfs - http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf` - other-pdfs - http://pzja.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/trlwg-19-final-meeting-record.pdf\n\n## Gaps To Fix\n\n- No corporate plan text source found.\n- No annual report text source found.\n- No global comparison/case-study sources found.", "legislation_md": "# Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority - Acts and Legislation Discovery\n\n**Generated at**: 2026-05-09T21:03:37.308204+00:00\n**Entity ID**: B-000598\n**Jurisdiction**: Commonwealth\n**Portfolio**: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n\n> This is an evidence-based discovery list from scraped department material. A mention does not always mean the department administers the legislation; high-confidence and official register links should be reviewed.\n\n## Summary\n\n- Source files scanned: 17\n- Unique legislation references found: 10\n\n| Type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| Act | 7 |\n| Instrument | 2 |\n| Regulation | 1 |\n\n## Legislation References\n\n### Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 5\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Torres+Strait+Fisheries+Act+1984\n\n**Sources**:\n- `pages/taskforces-index__03.html`\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ent Advisory Committees (MACs) and the Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee are appointed for 3-year periods.\nAs PZJA advisory committee members, they are appointed by an Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) delegate under section 40 of the\nTorres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n(the Act) and\nPZJA policy Fisheries Management Paper No. 1\n.\nRates for daily sitting fees and travel expenses\nAFMA is responsible for booking flights and accommodation for industry members, scientific members and the Chair, as well as administering their sitt\n Source: `pages/taskforces-index__03.html`\n- ditional Inhabitant sector began in the Torres Strait\ndevelopment\nFishery\n1970s-1980s Traditional Inhabitant fishers begin to enter the fishery.\ndevelopment\nDec-1978 Treaty, PNG Torres Strait Treaty signed\nLegislation, Torres Strait Treaty entered into force, Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 and Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations\nFeb-1985\nregulations, PZJA 1985 commenced and the PZJA is established\nUnder FMN 1:\nFeb-1985 Regulations\n• Method restrictions introduced - only diving, collection by hand and use of spear permitted\nPNG, catch\nFeb-1985 A\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n- Management Plan, the Minister must determine a TAC for\nthe TRL Fishery prior to the start of a fishing season. In making a TAC determination, the\nMinister must:\na. consult with any advisory committee that the PZJA has established under\nsubsection 40(7) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, to provide advice relating\nto the TRL Fishery; and\nb. have regard to Australia’s obligations under the Torres Strait Treaty.\n7. Under section 13 the Minister may also consider the views of any person with an interest in\nthe TRL Fishery or the ecologically su\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n- of scope for the review using the list of\npreviously raised proposals to change management controls as a starting point;\nb. consider the benefits and/or impacts against with consideration of how the proposals\nalign with the objectives for the fishery and the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (the\nAct) (Attachment 6b);\nc. what criteria may be used to evaluate proposals for changes to management\ncontrols;\nd. prioritisation of proposals;\ne. consideration of broader stakeholder input on the above at a dedicated stakeholder\nworkshop; and\nf. public con\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n- a n/a\nOutput\nTRL (2.677)\ncontrols\nSize restrictions,\nminimum tail size of\n115 mm or minimum No proposal to change n/a n/a\ncarapace length of 90\nmm\nTRLWG 19 – Thursday Island – 11 December 2025\nOFFICIAL\n\n[page 39]\nOFFICIAL 39\nAttachment 6b\nObjectives under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\nIn the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred\non Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management\npriorities:\n(a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and li\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1994\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+Commission+Act+1994\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- sts, acts affecting native title, and compensation for acts affecting native title.\nNoted under LN 8:\n1994 Logbooks\n• Tropical Rock Lobster Logbook TRL02 implemented – voluntary, records frozen tails only\nTorres Strait Regional Authority established under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act\n1994 Legislation, TSRA\n1989\nPZJA establishes Task Force to investigate the feasibility of introducing single jurisdiction fisheries\nApril-June Single jurisdiction,\nmanagement and to advise on matters such as eligibility criteria for entry to the newly created fish\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Legislation, Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Legislation%2C+Torres+Strait+Fisheries+Act+1984\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- 1d\nTime period Topic/Keywords Description\n• Introduction of prohibition on taking or carrying of TRL while using, or in the possession of, hookah gear\nbetween 1 Oct-31 Jan\n• All other requirements remained unchanged - method restrictions, minimum size limits\nLegislation, Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 is amended to make the Torres Strait Regional Authority Chairperson a\n2002\nTSRA, PZJA member of the Protected Zone Joint Authority\nA 30% reduction in the number of tenders attached to each non-Traditional Inhabitant licence package was\nLatent effort,\nimplemen\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Torres Strait Fisheries (Tropical Rock Lobster) Management Instrument 2018\n\n**Type**: Instrument\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Torres+Strait+Fisheries+%28Tropical+Rock+Lobster%29+Management+Instrument+2018\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ait Fisheries Management Instrument.\n- LN means Logbook Notice\n- PZJA means Protected Zone Joint Authority.\n- TRL means Tropical Rock Lobster.\n- TRL Fishery means the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery.\n- Instrument means the Torres Strait Fisheries (Tropical Rock Lobster) Management Instrument 2018\n- Management Plan means the Torres Strait Fisheries (Quotas for Tropical Rock Lobster (Kaiar)) Management Plan 2018\nTime period Topic/Keywords Description\nFishery\nLate 1960’s Commercial fishing for TRL by the non-Traditional Inhabitant sector began in the Tor\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985\n\n**Type**: Regulation\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Torres+Strait+Fisheries+Regulations+1985\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- old a TRL Fishery, however administrative\nTIB licenses to be valid for 5 years\nlicence TRLWG 4 (27-28 resources are not currently available to\nAug 2015) progress this matter further.\n(all fisheries)\nThe PZJA approved the development of\ndraft amendments to the Torres Strait\nFisheries Regulations 1985 to provide for\nall licences to be issued for 5 years.\nHowever due to lack of key stakeholder\nsupport, legislative amendments are on\nhold.\nRequirement to hold\nunused quota units for\nNo proposal to change\na fishing season when\ntaking TRL\nTRLWG 19 – Thursday Isl\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Information on the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Information+on+the+Commonwealth+Privacy+Act+1988\n\n**Sources**:\n- `pages/announcements-index.html`\n- `pages/announcements-index__04.html`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Privacy Statement | Protected Zone Joint Authority\n\nPrivacy Statement\nAll personal information collected by the Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) is protected by the\nPrivacy Act 1988\n. Information on the Commonwealth\nPrivacy Act 1988\ncan be found on the\nOffice of the Australian Information Commissioner.\nWhen you visit our website, the PZJA makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:\nthe user's server (IP) address and machine name\nthe date and\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html`\n- Privacy Statement | Protected Zone Joint Authority\n\nPrivacy Statement\nAll personal information collected by the Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) is protected by the\nPrivacy Act 1988\n. Information on the Commonwealth\nPrivacy Act 1988\ncan be found on the\nOffice of the Australian Information Commissioner.\nWhen you visit our website, the PZJA makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:\nthe user's server (IP) address and machine name\nthe date and\n Source: `pages/announcements-index__04.html`\n\n### Under the TRL Management Instrument 2018\n\n**Type**: Instrument\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Under+the+TRL+Management+Instrument+2018\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- f hookah gear for the remainder of the 2017-18 fishing season.\nhookah\nManagement\nFederal Court of Australia order to revoke prohibition on the carriage and use of hookah gear – reverted to\n29-Jun-2018 arrangements,\nadditional moon-tide hookah closures.\nhookah\nUnder the TRL Management Instrument 2018 (replaced FMI 9):\n• Traditional fishing bag limits removed. Noted that PZJA does not have jurisdiction in relation to traditional\nfishing conducted by Traditional Inhabitants\n20-Jul-2018 Regulations\n• Introduction of capacity to close the TRL Fishery early to\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n- 1-Jul-2018 TRL Fishery closed for the remainder of the 2017-18 fishing season due to total allowable catch being reached.\narrangements\n1-Dec-2018 Management plan Torres Strait Fisheries (Quotas for Tropical Rock Lobster (Kaiar)) Management Plan 2018 commenced\nUnder the TRL Management Instrument 2018 (amendment to Jul-2018 Instrument):\n• Ability to close the TRL Fishery early to commercial fishing revoked\n• Implementation of a split of the total allowable catch for the TRL Fishery between the Traditional Inhabitant\n(66.17% of the total allowable catch) an\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- s of the Plan commencement.\nDecember\nMarkets, export China banned the import of Australian lobster product\n2020\nDecember Wildlife Trade On 4 December 2020 the TRL Fishery was re-accredited as an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (WTO)\n2020 Operation under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.\nIn October 2023 the TRL Fishery was re-assessed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity\nDecember Wildlife Trade\nConservation Act 1999 and added to the List of Exempt Native Specimens (LENS). Coming into force on 4\n2023 Operation, LENS\nDecember 2023\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Environment Protection and Biodiversity December Wildlife Trade Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+December+Wildlife+Trade+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Wildlife Trade On 4 December 2020 the TRL Fishery was re-accredited as an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (WTO)\n2020 Operation under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.\nIn October 2023 the TRL Fishery was re-assessed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity\nDecember Wildlife Trade\nConservation Act 1999 and added to the List of Exempt Native Specimens (LENS). Coming into force on 4\n2023 Operation, LENS\nDecember 2023, this allows extended export approval though to 4 December 2033.\nFor the first time in ten years, the first PNG licenced boats with Treaty Endor\n Source: `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Native Title Act 1993\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Native+Title+Act+1993\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/trlwg-19-combined-meeting-papers.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- on taking TRL using hookah between 1 Oct-30 Nov\nOct-1993 Regulations • Traditional fishing bag limits amended - 3 without a boat, 3 with 1 person in a boat, 6 with more than 1\nperson in a boat\n• All other requirements remained unchanged - method restrictions\nNative Title Act 1993 commences, legislating the framework for recognition of native title (including over\nNative title,\nDec-1993 maritime areas) in Australia following the High Court’s Mabo decision. 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