When is my PZJA meeting?
This page has a list of upcoming PZJA committee meetings. 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 & key dates
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Date |
Group |
Venue |
Key Business |
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1 Jan 2021 |
Hand Collectable Fishery season opens: Beche-de-mer, Trochus, Pearl Shell |
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28 Jan 2021 |
PZJA Meeting |
Teleconference |
TRL TAC for 2020-21; Finfish TAC for 2021-22. |
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1 Feb 2021 |
Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery opens to hookah fishing, subject to moon-tide hookah closures* |
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Prawn Fishery 2021 season opens. |
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8 April 2021 |
TS Scientific Advisory Committee |
Videoconference |
Assessment of research pre-proposals. |
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30 April–3 May 2021 |
Black teatfish opening, 20 tonnes |
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9-10 June 2021 |
TS Scientific Advisory Committee |
Cairns |
Assessment of research project full proposals. Presentation of two finalised projects. |
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1 July 2021 |
Torres Strait Finfish Fishery 2021-22 season opens. |
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26-27 July 2021 |
TRL Working Group and industry workshop |
Horn Island |
Review of select input controls as recommended by TRLWG industry members. |
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30 Sep 2021 |
Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery 2020-21 season closes. |
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| 6-8 October 2021 | Hand Collectable Resource Assessment Group 1 | Thursday Island | Outcomes of black teatfish opening, consideration of stock survey outcomes against harvest strategy, ecological risk assessment, research priorities. |
| 12 Oct 2021 | TRLRAG 31 | Video Conference |
Research priorities and updates to the five-year research plan. |
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14-15 Oct 2021 |
Finfish Resource Assessment Group 9 |
Erub Island |
Review of new data available from 2020-21 season to support 2022 stock assessment, research priorities. |
| 28-29 Oct 2021 | Hand Collectable Working Group 18 | Thursday Island | Outcomes of black teatfish opening and future management and research priorities |
| 18 Nov 2021 | Finfish Resource Assessment Group 10 | Cairns | Spanish Mackerel stock assessment outcomes and Recommend Biological Catch advice. |
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25 Nov 2021 |
Finfish Working Group |
Thursday Island |
Provide advice on Total Allowable Catches for 2022-23 season. |
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9-22 Nov 2021 |
CSIRO led underwater survey of tropical rock lobster abundance. |
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30 Nov 2021 |
Prawn Fishery 2021 season closes. |
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30 Nov– 1 Dec 2021 |
TS Scientific Advisory Committee |
Thursday Island |
Research priorities for 2022-23 funding round and longer-term priority planning. |
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1 Dec 2021 |
Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery opens for freediving and lamp fishing only (no hookah gear). |
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15-16 Dec 2021 |
TRL Resource Assessment Group 32 |
Thursday Island |
Review CSIRO pre-season TRL underwater survey results. |
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17 Dec 2021 |
TRL Working Group 12 |
Thursday Island |
RAG meeting outcomes, preliminary or final total allowable catch (TAC), further consideration of input control review, future management priorities. |
Updated on 29 September 2021 – Dates of meetings may be subject to change.
To confirm dates and for more information ring AFMA Torres Strait Office on (07) 4069 1990.
Download a PDF of the upcoming PZJA Fisheries Consultative Meetings & Key Dates 2021.
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.