Geoscience Australia produced this map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to assist in enforcing maritime boundaries. The map includes an explanation of boundaries and coordinates for the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait, updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste treaty. Public release is handled by DEH and AFMA.
Use Cases
- Enforce fisheries regulations based on maritime boundary coordinates
- Translate maritime boundary information for Indonesian-speaking stakeholders
- Analyze changes in maritime jurisdiction based on treaty updates
Strengths
- Updated in 2019 to reflect a 2018 treaty, suggesting current legal information
- Includes coordinates and explanations for specific maritime zones
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Arafura Sea and Torres Strait