Australian Fisheries Management Authority Managing Director Mr Richard McLoughlin has resigned and will leave the Authority on 5 April 2007.
The AFMA Board accepted Richard's resignation and thanked him for directing AFMA and the Commonwealth fisheries it manages through a period of significant change and progress.
The Board agreed that the combination of AFMA's changed management measures and the Australian Government's buyout program had transformed the operating environment for Commonwealth fisheries, and that Richard has made a significant personal contribution to this outcome. While much remains to be done the Board believes that sufficient progress has been made to be confident that long term benefits of these reforms will be evident by the end of this decade.
Richard indicated to the Board that after a long career in fisheries management and the intense period of change in his role as Managing Director he wanted to pursue new career challenges.
Dr Nick Rayns will act as Managing Director from 6 April pending a permanent appointment which the Board will be hoping to make as soon as possible.
