Pearl Oyster Fishery Management Boundaries for Western Australia

Spatial boundaries define the Pearl Oyster Fishery area under Western Australian legislation. The dataset supports Ministerial Policy Guideline No 17 and is maintained by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Enforce fishery management by verifying vessel locations against the spatial boundaries defined in the Fish Resources Management Act 1994.
• Analyze policy impact by overlaying these boundaries with ecological or catch data layers.
• Support compliance monitoring by integrating these boundaries into GIS systems for the Pearl Oyster Fishery.

Strengths

• Authoritative source from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
• Legally defined boundaries supporting specific Ministerial Policy Guidelines.
• Multiple accessible file formats including GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, and SHP.
• Updated in March 2026.

Limitations

• No tabular row or column counts provided for quantitative analysis.
• Spatial data only; lacks associated catch, stock, or economic metrics.
• Scope is limited to legal boundaries without performance or environmental data.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Legislative and policy-defined spatial boundary creation.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

Pearl Oyster Fishery area, Western Australia.