Australian Fisheries Enforcement Zones for Indonesian Fishermen, Timor and Arafura Seas

Geoscience Australia produced this map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to assist enforcement of Australia's Maritime Boundaries. The map uses icons to explain to Indonesian fishermen where they can and cannot fish in the Timor and Arafura Seas. This version is an Indonesian translation, updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime enforcement zones based on the described map boundaries.
• Communicating fishing regulations to Indonesian-speaking fishermen based on the translated iconographic guide.
• Analyzing the impact of the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste treaty on fisheries management zones.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty.
• Specifically designed for enforcement and communication with a key stakeholder group (Indonesian fishermen).
• Available in a translated version (Indonesian) for its target audience.

Limitations

• Data format is PDF/HTML, which is not machine-readable tabular or vector data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Produced as a map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:09:50.506721; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia's Maritime Boundaries.