Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones Map In Indonesian

Australian Fisheries Management Authority produced this map to assist enforcement of Australia's maritime boundaries. It contains explanations and coordinates for boundaries in the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait. The dataset was updated in 2019 to incorporate the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary coordinates in the Arafura Sea for fisheries patrol planning.
• Translate enforcement zone descriptions from Indonesian for regional cooperation briefings.
• Reference the updated treaty boundaries from 2018 for legal and diplomatic research.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty.
• Contains both explanatory text and coordinate data for boundaries.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and file sizes are unknown.
• Data is not intended for public release by the originating agency.
• Limited to HTML and PDF formats, complicating machine-readability.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, sourced from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

Collection Method

Produced as a thematic map for enforcement purposes, later translated.

Time Range

Reflects boundaries as established by the 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Updated in 2019; platform metadata shows a 2026 update, but core treaty data is from 2018.

Geography

Covers the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait regions adjacent to Indonesia and Timor-Leste.