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    This page has a list of upcoming PZJA committee meetings and key dates. 

    For meeting agendas and papers please visit the PZJA committees page. This page also includes meeting agendas, papers and minutes for historic meetings. 

    Upcoming PZJA committee meetings

    Protected Zone Joint Authority Advisory committee meetings and key dates.

    Date (2025)GroupVenueKey Business
    1 JanuaryBeche-de-mer, Crab, Pearl Shell and Trochus Fisheries 2025 season opens.
    1 FebruaryTropical Rock Lobster Fishery opens to hookah fishing. Periodic moontide hookah closures apply.
    1 FebruaryPrawn Fishery 2025 season opens.
    3 MarchFishing for black teatfish opens. Subject to a limited opening period and additional rules.
    May (TBC)Hand Collectables Resource Assessment GroupVideo-conference
    • WTO conditions, research priorities for 2026–27, TACs, MSLs, and conversion factors.
    May (TBC)Hand Collectables Working GroupVideo-conference
    • WTO conditions, TACs, MSLs, and conversion factors.
    June (date TBC)Finfish Resource Assessment Group Video conference
    • Research priorities for 2026–27.
    1 JulyTorres Strait Finfish Fishery 2025–26 season opens.
    Late July (during Hookah closure)Tropical Rock Lobster Working GroupWaibene
    • Changes to management arrangements.

     

    27–28 AugustTorres Strait Scientific Advisory CommitteeWaibene
    • Five-year Strategic Research plan.
    • Research funding priorities for 2025–26 financial year.
    • Assessment of BDM project proposal.

     

    August (date TBC)Hand Collectables Resource Assessment GroupWaibene
    • Total allowable catches for the 2026 fishing season.
    • Research priorities.
    August (date TBC)Hand Collectables Working GroupWaibene
    • Total allowable catches for the 2026 fishing season.
    • Research priorities.
    • Species-specific management issues.
    30 SeptemberTropical Rock Lobster 2024–25 season closes.
    Mid-October (date TBC)Finfish Resource Assessment GroupWaibeneRBC advice.
    Mid-October (date TBC)Finfish Working GroupCairnsTAC advice and other business.
    Mid-NovemberPre-season dive survey of tropical rock lobster abundance. 
    1 DecemberTropical Rock Lobster Fishery 2025–26 season opens. Freediving and lamp fishing only (no hookah).
    1 DecemberPrawn Fishery 2025 season closes.
    9–10 DecemberTropical Rock Lobster Resource Assessment GroupWaibene
    • Review of pre-season survey results.
    • Provide advice on RBC for 2025–26 season.
    11 DecemberTropical Rock Lobster Working GroupWaibene
    • RAG meeting outcomes.
    • TAC for 2025–26 season.
    31 DecemberBece-de-mer, Crab, Pearl shell and Trochus fisheries 2025 season closes.

     

    Updated on 6 May 2025. Dates and venues may be subject to change.

    To confirm dates and for more information please call the AFMA Torres Strait Office on (07) 4069 1990.

    If you would like to attend any of the above meetings and are not a member, please contact the relevant chair through the PZJA committees page to seek approval.

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    Page last updated: 13/05/2025