• Government agency for marine fisheries: Dept. of Agric. Fisheries & Forestry
  • Fisheries management entity:
    Dept. of Agric. Fisheries & Forestry

• Government agency for protection of the marine environment: Department of Environment and Trade
  • Major law/legislation:
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Non-governmental organization(s) covering marine issues:

• WWF- Australia, Head Office (Sydney), Level 13, 235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, PO Box 528, Sydney NSW 2001, Tel.: +61 2 9281 5515, Fax: +61 2 9281 1060, Website: http://www.wwf.org.au/
• Greenpeace Australia, AUSTRALIA, Level 4, 35-39 Liverpool St, Sydney 2000, NSW Australia, Tel.: (02) 9261 4666, email: greenpeace@au.greenpeace.org, Website: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/
• International Ocean Institute, International Marine Project Activities Centre (IMPAC), Level 6 Northtown Tower, 280 Flinders Mall, PO Box, 772, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia, Tel.: (+61) 7 4729 8452 , Fax: (+61) 7 4729 8449, email: clive.wilkinson@impac.org.au, Website: http://www.impac.org.au/associates/ioi.htm
• The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, 14 Lockhart Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia, Tel.: (+61) 7 3435-5900, Fax: (+61) 7 3391-4805, email: australia@tnc.org, Website: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia/
• IUCN, IUCN Oceania Regional Committee, GPO Box 528, Sydney 2001 NSW, AUSTRALIA, Tel.: (+61) 2 9281-5515, Fax: (+61) 2 9182-4994, email: aciucn@ozemail.au