AMSA have issued an updated marine notice on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's requirements for managing biofouling and in-water cleaning.
This updated marine notice provides general information to vessel owners, operators, ports and marinas on:
• New mandatory biofouling management requirements for international vessels that began on 15 June 2022
• the Anti-fouling and in-water cleaning guidelines for Australia and New Zealand
• the development of Australian in-water cleaning standards, and
• the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2011 Guidelines for the control and management of ships' biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species (the Biofouling Guidelines).