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CIVIL MARITIME SECURITY THREATS
Our operations are tailored to counter civil maritime security threats to Australia’s border including:
Illegal maritime arrivals
Prohibited import and export activities
Piracy, robbery and violence at sea
We also protect our maritime domain against maritime terrorism including:
Attacks on critical infrastructure
attacks on vessels and commercial interests
environmental and biological attacks
We also assist in preventing threats to Australia’s biosecurity and the natural environment, including marine pollution.
We target and prevent:
illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels and domestic fisherman
illegal removal or destruction of wildlife
activities that cause unlawful damage to the ecosystem
We have a significant presence in protected areas:
within designated marine reserves and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
around Australia's offshore oil and gas installations, submerged pipelines and cables
around declared historic wreck sites