Abstract:This dataset presents maps of fishing intensity and maximum area fished of ocean waters of all Australian Government-managed fisheries combined (ALLFSY). The data were prepared as part of the annual ABARES Fishery Status Report series, which provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government. The data were produced by ABARES from data supplied by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). The data are presented annually, by calendar year. The data are polygon vector format, stored in an ESRI file geodatabase, prepared using ArcGIS Desktop ArcMap version 10.6. Fishing intensity is defined as the total catch within a given year, divided by the total area fished in square kilometres. Fishing intensity is presented as classified data in low, medium and high intensity classes. The data attributes include the class, the range of values in the class and the unit of measure. The classification used may vary from year to year, depending on a range of environmental and economic factors.Maximum area fished is defined as the maximum area within which fishing occurred during a given fishing season as polygon cells of one degree of longitude by one degree of latitude (approximately 111 kilometres x 111 kilometres). A cell is included if any fishing activity occurred anywhere within that one degree by one degree cell. Note that cells included in this dataset may also partially cover land. The data supplied by AFMA were filtered to remove activity by fewer than five boats within the area of analysis in order to conform with AFMA’s Information Disclosure Policy (https://www.afma.gov.au/about/fisheries-management-policies/information-disclosure-fisheries-management-paper).The Australian Government-managed fisheries included in this dataset are: - Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF) - Coral Sea Fishery (CSF) - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) - Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) - North West Slope Trawl Fishery (NWSTF) - Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) - Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Sectors (SESSF): - SESSF Commonwealth Trawl Sector, Danish seine sub-sector (SCDS) - SESSF Commonwealth Trawl Sector, Squid Catch (SCSQ) - SESSF Commonwealth Trawl Sector, Trawl sub-sector (SCTR) - SESSF East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector (SECD) - SESSF Scalefish Hook Sector (SSCK) - SESSF Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (SGAB) - SESSF Gillnet Hook & Trap Sector, Shark Hook sub-sector (SSKK) - SESSF Gillnet Hook & Trap Sector, Shark Net sub-sector (SSKN) - Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (SBTF)- Southern Squid Jig Fishery (SSJF)- Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (TSPF) - Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery (WDWTF) - Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (WTBF) Data from the following fisheries are not included: - Norfolk Island Fishery (inactive fishery) - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (HIMI) (fishery assessed by the Australian Antarctic Division) - Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (MITF) (fishery assessed by the Australian Antarctic Division) - Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) exploratory toothfish fisheries - Torres Strait Finfish Fishery (no data collection) - Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery (no data collection) - Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer and Trochus Fisheries (no data collection)- South Tasman Rise Trawl Fishery (inactive fishery) - Skipjack Tuna Fishery (inactive fishery)© Commonwealth of Australia 2021, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. Department of Agriculture, Water and the EnvironmentDownloads and Links:Download the datasetUser GuideUser guide: ABARES Fishery Status Reports Map Data 2010–20: Downloadable data – PDF [416 KB]Further resourceshttps://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/fisheries/fishery-status/fsr-map-data