Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones in the Timor and Arafura Seas

Geoscience Australia produced this map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to assist with enforcement of maritime boundaries. The data was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It includes an explanation of applicable boundaries and a list of their coordinates.

Use Cases

• Enforcing fisheries regulations based on defined maritime boundary coordinates.
• Analyzing changes in jurisdictional zones based on the 2018 treaty update.
• Visualizing maritime boundaries in the Timor and Arafura Seas for planning purposes.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific international treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced by a national geological authority (Geoscience Australia) for a regulatory body (AFMA).

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, focusing on specific seas.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:28:22.187549; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia's maritime boundaries.