Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones in Timor and Arafura Seas

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

Use Cases

• Verify legal jurisdiction for fisheries enforcement based on listed maritime boundary coordinates.
• Analyze changes in maritime zones based on the 2018 treaty update.
• Create reference maps for maritime patrol planning using the geospatial boundary data.
• Translate maritime legal documents between Indonesian and English based on the bilingual source.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Provides coordinate lists for specific maritime regions (Timor and Arafura Seas).
• Includes bilingual context (originally Indonesian, translated to English).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 00:23:55.994353; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, Australian maritime boundaries