Updated Biosecurity Checklist Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has recently updated their “Starting on the Right Tack” Biosecurity checklist for non-commercial vessels arriving into Australian waters. The...
Biosecurity Fees and Rubbish Disposal Charges Newcastle – New South Wales According to Hervé Michel, owner of the French flagged sailboat Mouez Avel, when he arrived at the port of...
Survey to Help Improve Guidance for Visiting Yachts The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) are currently developing biofouling management options for international non-commercial vessels so that yacht...
International Operation Seizes Tonnes of Cocaine The six-week Operation Orion involving agencies from 62 countries, stopped six semi-submersible vessels and seized 225 tonnes of cocaine. One of the vessels was...
Biosecurity reporting requirements for yachts to change The long-standing reporting requirements for non-commercial vessels intending to arrive in Australian territory are to contact the department’s key biosecurity port offices by...
Source: The Guardian In Plymouth UK, on Boxing Day 1831, a young man named Charles Darwin boarded HMS Beagle and the following day set out on a voyage that would...
