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Commercial Fisheries Catch and Effort Statistics

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This project is responsible for the efficient management of the monthly catch and effort returns provided by all commercial fishing boat licence holders. The information supplied by the fishers includes data on the composition, quantity and location of catches taken during the month and the amount of fishing effort. Project staff check and enter returns and summarise these data to enable reports to be prepared for use by other research groups and for direct input into the Department's Annual Report and State of Fisheries and local, state and federal agencies including Department of Industry and Resources, ABARE. Enquiries from external bodies and individuals, including regional statistics, are handled within the limitations of database capabilities and the need to protect confidentiality of individual fishermen. These staff also manage other data collection systems relating to the commercial fishing industry including annual returns for vessel characteristics, gear and equipment; Processors returns, and GVP information. Time: ongoing.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Commercial Fisheries Catch and Effort Statistics
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d360b938-1ce5-4006-ab54-66b20b474bf5
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
headoffice@fish.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Commercial Fisheries Catch and Effort Statistics". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/commercial-fisheries-catch-and-effort-statistics