Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones Map for Indonesian Fishermen

Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones are mapped for the Timor and Arafura Seas. This Indonesian-language map is produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to assist enforcement of maritime boundaries. The map was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Educating fishermen on legal fishing zones based on the map's boundary icons
• Supporting maritime boundary enforcement operations based on the map's designated zones
• Translating maritime law for a specific audience based on the Indonesian-language content
• Visualizing treaty changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 treaty update

Strengths

• Map is updated to reflect a specific treaty (2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty)
• Content is translated into Indonesian for a targeted audience
• Map is produced for an official authority (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

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
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas