Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
$55.3M
$55,321,000 across 1 programs, 2026-27
Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2026-27, 2026-27 PBS Program Expenses Line Items - Updated 2026-06-18 (w. Corrigenda). Retrieved 29 September 2026.
Administered
$6.6M
Money it hands out on the government's behalf — grants, benefits, subsidies.
Departmental
$48.7M
What it costs to run: staff, property, suppliers.
Contracts published
110
$40.8M in total
Programs
Each line is a program in the budget papers, with what it is given. The category is FOCUp's, mapped from the published program name; a blank means no rule matched it plainly, which is recorded rather than guessed.
| Program | Category | Administered | Departmental | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Program 1.1: Australian Fisheries Management Authority Outcome 1: Ecologically sustainable and economically efficient Commonwealth fisheries, through understanding and monitoring Australia’s marine living resources and regulating and monitoring commercial fishing, including domestic licensing and deterrence of illegal foreign fishing 2026-27 PBS AFMA · retrieved 29 September 2026 | Agriculture & Fisheries | $6.6M | $48.7M | $55.3M100.0% |
Largest contracts
The 25 largest of 110. A contract notice is the value of an agreement over its whole term, not money spent in a year, so these are never added to the budget figures.
| Supplier | For | Term | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
DMAA Seaforce Pty Ltd | Provision of vessel caretaking and disposal servicesCN4202677 | 30 September 2025 to 29 September 2028 | $8.1M |
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PTY LTD | Provision of Lease Mangement ServicesCN4178723 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2029 | $6.8M |
Data #3 Limited | Provision of Microsoft Volume Sourcing Arrangement VSA6CN4270378 | 10 August 2026 to 10 July 2031 | $2.1M |
KEMPWILSON PTY LTD t/a Seatec | Provision of monitoring services in Southern Bluefin TunaCN4282297 | 21 September 2026 to 20 September 2029 | $1.8M |
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PTY LTD | Provision of Property Operating ExpensesCN4183711 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2029 | $1.5M |
Saltwater Inc. | Provision of fishery electronic monitoring equipmentCN4235603 | 15 February 2026 to 4 February 2029 | $1.4M |
Fishwell Pty Ltd | Provision of fishery research TS TRLCN4173826 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2028 | $1.3M |
Indigs Pty Ltd | Provision of vessel disposal servicesCN4225052 | 16 February 2026 to 16 April 2026 | $1.0M |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | Assessments for the multispecies SESSF 2026-2028CN4250487 | 8 June 2026 to 30 January 2029 | $1.0M |
Fish Ageing Services Pty Ltd | Ageing of SESSF quota species for 3 yearsCN4268112 | 26 July 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $980.2K |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | Provision of fishery harvest strategy researchCN4202432 | 2 November 2025 to 30 December 2028 | $877.9K |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | Scientific advice·for management of Tropical TunaCN4269179 | 2 August 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $743.6K |
Archipelago Asia Pacific Pty Ltd | Provision of fishery electronic monitoring equipmentCN4225758 | 9 February 2026 to 4 February 2029 | $716.2K |
Andrew Trappett | Provision of fishery research TS FinfishCN4173827 | 17 July 2025 to 29 June 2028 | $652.4K |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | Stock assessment and MSE of MI toothfish fishery 27-31CN4282300 | 29 September 2026 to 29 June 2031 | $543.4K |
Neoteric Consulting Pty Ltd | Provision of Financial ServicesCN4192848 | 25 August 2025 to 30 August 2027 | $500.0K |
Southern Shark Industry Alliance Inc | Provision of fishery co-management servicesCN4192236 | 28 September 2025 to 14 February 2028 | $487.9K |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | Advancing blue Grenadier fishery management using acoustic sCN4217885 | 31 August 2025 to 29 June 2028 | $457.9K |
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries) | School Shark bycatch TAC - MSE testingCN4269180 | 2 August 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $411.4K |
Bhagwan Marine Pty Ltd | Provision of vessel deployment servicesCN4229337 | 23 March 2026 to 29 April 2026 | $398.3K |
University of Tasmania | Jack Mackerel: refining future applications of the DEPMCN4282296 | 21 September 2026 to 30 April 2028 | $395.9K |
SOUTH EAST TRAWL FISHING INDUSTRY ASSOC | Provision of co-management with SETFIACN4209718 | 8 December 2025 to 29 June 2028 | $390.4K |
Bhagwan Marine Pty Ltd | Provision of vessel servicesCN4257903 | 10 June 2026 to 23 June 2026 | $390.0K |
Dell Australia Pty Limited | Provision of laptopsCN4219764 | 22 January 2026 to 21 January 2029 | $377.0K |
Bhagwan Marine Pty Ltd | Provision of vessel patrol servicesCN4209716 | 30 November 2025 to 30 December 2025 | $350.0K |