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Marine Act Review - Summary Paper

News Item Added Feb 8th 2010

A summary paper has been released by the transport department noting the stakeholder feedback received regarding changes to the Marine Act.

You can read the summary paper by clicking on this link (MS Word Document)

General information about the review of the marine act with respect to boating safety can be found here.

Mako Shark Fishing - Update

News Item Added Feb 4th 2010

Minister Garrett has committed to implementing the appropriate parts of the Hawke review of the EPBC Act as a priority when Parliament resumes.   Refer to Media releases in the documents section on the GFAV website.  

GFAV will continue to work with VRFish to ensure that this happens and to put plans in place for the future management of Mako sharks.

Click here to go to the GFAV web page for more information

Click here to go directly to the GFAV documents section