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Fishery status reports 2021

Fishery status reports 2021 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government. 

This 26th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 100 fish stocks across 22 fisheries, including those managed both solely and jointly by the by the Australian Government. The reports summarise the performance of these fisheries against the requirements of fisheries legislation and policy. 

The fisheries assessed in the Fishery status reports 2021 generated an estimated gross value of production of $438 million in 2019–20, which is 28% of Australia's total wild-catch fisheries gross value of production of $1.6 billion. 

The Fishery status reports form part of a suite of ABARES publications that aim to provide a comprehensive and multidimensional account of the trends and outlook for Australian fisheries.  The annual Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics reports contain comprehensive information on commercial fishing and aquaculture in Australia, including fisheries production and trade data up to and including 2019−20. The Australian fisheries economic indicators reports present results from ABARES fishery surveys of selected fisheries managed by the Australian Government, including detailed analysis of the net economic returns to the Australian community.

View interactive stock status table

Annual fishery status reports map data

  • Overview
  • Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery
  • Coral Sea Fishery
  • Norfolk Island Fishery
  • Northern Prawn Fishery
  • North West Slope Trawl Fishery
  • Small Pelagic Fishery
  • Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
  • Commonwealth Trawl and Scalefish Hook Sectors
  • East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector
  • Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector
  • Shark Gillnet and Shark Hook Sectors
  • Southern Squid Jig Fishery
  • Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery
  • Torres Strait Fisheries
  • Torres Strait Finfish Fishery
  • Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery
  • Torres Strait Prawn Fisheries
  • Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer and Trochus Fisheries
  • International fishery management arrangements
  • Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery
  • Skipjack Tuna Fishery
  • Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery
  • Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery
  • Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery
  • CCAMLR Exploratory Toothfish Fisheries
  • High-seas fisheries for non–highly migratory species
  • Joint Authority Fisheries
  • Status Determination Process
  • Appendices
  • Acronyms, abbreviations and glossary
  • Acknowledgements

Australian Fishing Zone showing the location of Commonwealth fisheries

Map showing Australian Fishing Zone and the location of Commonwealth fisheries

Map Courtesy of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, 2008

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2020

Document File size
Fishery Status Reports 2021 in full PDF 32 MB
Fishery Status Reports 2021 in full with lower resolution images PDF 7.6 MB
Fishery Status Report 2021 HTML  

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Document Pages File size
Chapter 1 - Overview and Key Issues PDF 24 763 KB
Chapter 2 - Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery PDF 11 422 KB
Chapter 3 - Coral Sea Fishery - PDF 17 489 KB
Chapter 4 - Norfolk Island Fishery PDF 2 238 KB
Chapter 5 - Northern Prawn Fishery PDF 21 501 KB
Chapter 6 - North West Slope Trawl Fishery PDF 8 461 KB
Chapter 7 - Small Pelagic Fishery PDF 20 499 KB
Chapter 8 - Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery PDF 17 473 KB
Chapter 9 - Commonwealth Trawl and Scalefish Hook sectors PDF 106 1.3 MB
Chapter 10 - East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector PDF 7 318 KB
Chapter 11 - Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector PDF 20 466 KB
Chapter 12 - Shark Gillnet and Shark Hook sectors PDF 25 558 KB
Chapter 13 - Southern Squid Jig Fishery PDF 10 406 KB
Chapter 14 - Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery PDF 9 397 KB
Chapter 15 - Torres Strait Fisheries PDF 2 182 KB
Chapter 16 - Torres Strait Finfish Fishery PDF 12 459 KB
Chapter 17 - Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery PDF 11 419 KB
Chapter 18 - Torres Strait Prawn Fishery PDF 11 408 KB
Chapter 19 - Torres Strait Beche-de-mer and Trochus Fisheries PDF 29 784 KB
Chapter 20 - International fishery management arrangements PDF 5 224 KB
Chapter 21 - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery PDF 21 537 KB
Chapter 22 - Skipjack Tuna Fisheries PDF 9 338 KB
Chapter 23 - Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery PDF 9 486 KB
Chapter 24 - Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery PDF 17 524 KB
Chapter 25 - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery PDF 17 455 KB
Chapter 26 - Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery PDF 7 383 KB
Chapter 27 - CCAMLR Exploratory Toothfish Fisheries PDF 13 432 KB
Chapter 28 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species PDF 15 538 KB
Chapter 29 - Joint authority fisheriesPDF 10 228 KB
Chapter 30 - The status determination process PDF 11 276 KB
Appendices PDF 14 218 KB
Acronyms, abbreviations and the glossary PDF 21 405 KB

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ABARES Annual Fishery Status Reports Map Data are digital representations of the two thematic components of the maps in the ABARES Fishery Status Reports: relative fishing intensity and the maximum area of waters fished. These maps cover the last 10 years of digital map data.

View Fisheries Status Report Map Data 2010 - 2020

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Document File size
Fishery Status Reports 2020 PDF 39.6 MB
Fishery Status Reports 2019 PDF 39.4 MB

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Resources

 

  • Fisheries policy information – Department of Agriculture and Water Resources 
  • Australian Fisheries Management Authority 
  • Fisheries Research and Development Corporation​ 
  • Department o​f the Environment 
  • Marine pests

 

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