Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones Map for Timor and Arafura Seas

Geoscience Australia produced this map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to enforce maritime boundaries. The map uses icons to explain fishing zones to Indonesian fishermen in the Timor and Arafura Seas. It was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Enforce fishing regulations based on the depicted maritime boundaries.
• Educate fishermen on legal fishing zones based on the icon-based explanations.
• Update maritime boundary databases based on the 2019 treaty revision.
• Analyze spatial jurisdiction for fisheries management in the Timor and Arafura Seas.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Originally produced in Indonesian language, suggesting consideration for a target audience.
• Produced by Geoscience Australia for a specific enforcement authority (AFMA).

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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 2026-05-05 00:17:58.753342; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia