Abstract

  
Ajka had applied to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) for two new fishing permits to fish for skipjack tuna within the area of existing tuna fisheries. AFMA refused to issue new permits as it considered that there was no justification for departing from the ‘limited entry policy’ which provided that no new permits be issued in the tuna fisheries. Ajka appealed the decision but the Federal Court of Australia upheld the decision made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) which had refused the company's application.