Australian Fisheries Maritime Boundaries Map for Timor and Arafura Seas

Australia's maritime enforcement zones in the Timor and Arafura Seas, produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. The map includes coordinate lists and was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It is an English translation of an original Indonesian-language document.

Use Cases

• Enforcing fisheries regulations based on defined maritime boundary coordinates.
• Visualizing maritime jurisdiction changes based on the 2018 treaty update.
• Referencing official maritime boundaries for legal or policy analysis in the Timor and Arafura Seas.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific international treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced by Geoscience Australia for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, indicating an official source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as PDF and HTML files, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Originally produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority; public release is through DEH and AFMA.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:40:05.515899; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia