Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones in the Timor and Arafura Seas

A map and coordinate list for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, produced to assist with maritime boundary enforcement. The dataset was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty and is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It includes an explanation of applicable boundaries and their coordinates.

Use Cases

• Enforcing fisheries regulations based on defined maritime boundary coordinates.
• Analyzing maritime jurisdiction changes based on the 2018 treaty update mentioned in the description.
• Mapping enforcement zones in the Timor and Arafura Seas based on the described coordinate list.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific international treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced for an authoritative enforcement agency (Australian Fisheries Management Authority).
• Includes both a visual map and a list of coordinates for the described seas.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, originally produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

Collection Method

Originally produced in Indonesian and translated to English; public release is through DEH and AFMA.

Time Range

Reflects the 2018 treaty, updated in 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:44:05.881617; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor Sea and Arafura Sea, Australia's maritime boundaries.