COMMONWEALTH FISHERIES ASSOCIATION
Within these three key pillars , CFA have addressed issues on marine protected areas and their impacts on the fishing industry , resource sharing with other jurisdictions under the Offshore Constitutional Settlement agreement , resource sharing with the recreational fishing sector , policy development such as the Harvest Strategy and By Catch policy .
CFA have also been influential and successfully achieved ;
1 . a Government exemption
for the fishing industry from the Carbon Tax ;
2 . a Government commitment to maintain the fuel tax credit scheme for the fishing industry ;
3 . Progressed an initiative with PriceWaterhouse Coopers to allow industry to claim their research and development levies ;
4 . Provided leadership and coordination of an industry response and highlighted to Government the detrimental impacts from the Commonwealth Marine Bioregional
Fisheman in Australia ’ s sub-Antarctic Territories
192 August 2014