Queensland Commercial Fisheries Catch and Effort Summaries, 2003-2023

State Fisheries Queensland datasets contain summaries of commercial logbook data on catch and effort distribution in state marine and estuarine waters. The data, submitted by commercial fishers to the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, is aggregated to produce summaries at a 6 nautical mile resolution for areas with five or more boats. Data was mapped using multi-year financial periods from 2003/04 to 2022/23.

Use Cases

• Mapping commercial fishing effort hotspots based on aggregated logbook data.
• Analyzing temporal trends in total catch across multi-year financial periods.
• Identifying areas of confidential fishing activity where fewer than five boats operate.
• Assessing the spatial distribution of commercial fisheries in Queensland's state waters.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple multi-year periods from 2003/04 to 2022/23.
• Spatial resolution is defined at 6 nautical miles.
• Data aggregation rules for confidentiality (5+ boats) are explicitly stated.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data for areas with fewer than five boats is withheld as confidential, creating spatial gaps.

Provenance

Source

Queensland Department of Primary Industries, via Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Recorded and submitted by commercial fishers via logbooks, then aggregated.

Time Range

2003/04 to 2007/08, 2008/09 to 2012/13, 2018/19 to 2022/23, and 2022/23.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:50:38.423512; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland state marine and estuarine waters.