Western Australia Fisheries Licence Condition Boundaries

Licence Condition boundaries for Western Australian fisheries management. The dataset is part of a six-category Fisheries Guide system compiled by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, with the most recent update in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map Licence Condition boundaries for specific fish types or fishery areas to enforce spatial regulations.
• Integrate with other Fisheries Guide categories like CEO Notices or Management Plans for complete regulatory analysis.
• Analyze spatial overlaps between different Licence Conditions and fishery activity zones for compliance monitoring.

Strengths

• Officially prescribed by WA fisheries legislation as a core regulatory component.
• Part of a structured six-category Fisheries Guide system for comprehensive boundary reference.
• Maintained and updated by the authoritative state Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Limitations

• Contains only one of six necessary boundary categories; full analysis requires joining multiple separate datasets.
• No quantitative metadata (row counts, feature counts) is provided to assess dataset scale.
• Spatial accuracy and resolution of the boundary features are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Geographic Information Services.

Collection Method

Prescribed legislative boundaries documented in annual 'Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources'.

Time Range

Current licence conditions (as of publication).

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Western Australia fisheries waters.