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The 2024–25 Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster (Kaiar) fishing season is now closed.

This is a media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).

The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) has set the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for Spanish mackerel and coral trout in the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery's 2025–26 fishing season, which commences on 1 July 2025. 

Torres Strait fishers and fish receivers are reminded that they must report all catch on catch disposal records and return them to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) within 3 days.

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