Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones Map for Timor and Arafura Seas

Australia's maritime boundaries in the Timor and Arafura Seas are depicted in this map, produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. It was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty and includes icons to explain fishing zones. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime enforcement zones based on the map's depiction of boundaries
• Educating fishermen on permitted fishing areas based on the icons explaining zones
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2019 update reflecting a treaty

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a specific treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty)
• Includes explanatory icons for fishermen as mentioned in the description

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 16:23:35.188758; freshness should be verified

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia