This statistic displays the number of employees in the Australian commercial fishing and aquaculture industry from financial year 2012 to 2017. In financial year 2017, around 15.8 thousand people were employed in the commercial fishing and aquaculture industry in Australia.

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

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2016 report contains a detailed analysis of fisheries product consumption, production and trade for the period 2005-06 to 2015-16. The latest edition includes data on the volume and value of production from state, territory and Commonwealth commercial fisheries (both wild-catch and aquaculture) for the 2015-16 financial year. It also includes data on the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product. Profiles of Commonwealth and state/territory commercial fisheries and state/territory aquaculture, including key species, fishing methods and number of licence holders, for 2014-15 and 2015-16 are also provided. Information is also provided on the recreational sector and customary fishing by Indigenous Australians.

Employment statistics on the Fishing industry in Australia

This record contains fisheries statistics, History of Marine Animal Populations, trawling, overfishing from the Australian fishing industry between 1937 and 1943. This record contains fisheries statistics, History of Marine Animal Populations, trawling, overfishing from the Australian fishing industry between 1937 and 1943.

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2015 report contains a detailed analysis of fisheries product consumption, production and trade for the period 2004-05 to 2014-15. TheThe latest edition includes data on the volume and value of production from state, territory and Commonwealth commercial fisheries (both wild-catch and aquaculture) for the 2014-15 financial year. It also includes data on the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product. Profiles of Commonwealth and state/territory commercial fisheries and state/territory aquaculture, including key species, fishing methods and number of licence holders, for 2013-14 and 2014-15 are also provided. Information is also provided on the recreational sector and customary fishing by Indigenous Australians.

The forestry and fishing industry contributed around 9.16 billion Australian dollars in gross value added (GVA) to the Australian economy as of December 2024. In the previous year, the GVA was around 9.3 billion Australian dollars. This industry is an important segment of the primary sector across the country.

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2013 report contains data on the Australian consumption of seafood, and volume and value of production from state, territory and Commonwealth commercial fisheries (both wild catch and aquaculture). It also includes data on the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product. Profiles of Commonwealth and state/territory commercial fisheries and state/territory aquaculture, including key species, fishing methods and number of licence holders, for 2011-12 and 2012-13 are also provided. Information is also provided on the recreational sector and customary fishing by Indigenous Australians.

As of November 2018, livestock farmers were the leading occupation in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry in Australia, with around **** thousand livestock farmers employed in this industry. meanwhile, that same year over ** thousand crop farmers were employed in the industry across the nation.

In the year ended June 2024, the labor productivity index (LPI) of the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry in Australia increased to 104.06 compared to the base year of 2023. This industry experienced an increase in LPI following the initial decline brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fishery status reports 2013-14 provides an independent evaluation of the biological, economic and environmental status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.

This 19th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 93 fish stocks across 21 fisheries. The biological status of stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government improved overall in 2013, compared with previous years. It is the first year since 2006 that no stocks managed solely by the Australian Government have been classified as subject to overfishing. However, this improvement in overall status has been offset by increased uncertainty surrounding the fishing mortality status of some economically important Australian Government-managed stocks, and an increase in the number of stocks managed jointly by the Australian Government that are classified as subject to overfishing and/or overfished.

The total gross value of production (GVP) of Commonwealth fisheries in 2012-13 was $319.7 million, which is about 13 per cent of Australia's total fisheries and aquaculture GVP of $2.4 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 Australian fisheries statistics reports provide annual updates of fisheries production and trade data. Detailed analysis of the net economic returns of selected Commonwealth fisheries is provided in the annual Australian fisheries economic indicators report .

The Australian Fishing industry’s revenue has fallen due to a trade dispute with China, with the industry already facing strong competition from farmed fish.

Australia Employment: Full Time: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data was reported at 2.609 Person th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.614 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Full Time: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.816 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.835 Person th in Feb 2018 and a record low of 1.346 Person th in Aug 2012. Australia Employment: Full Time: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G024: Employment: by Sex and by Industry: Full Time.

Australian Fisheries Management Authority is a Government Body that generates the majority of its income from the Fishing industry.

This statistic depicts the distribution of educational attainment level among employees in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry in Australia as of *************. As of this date, approximately ** percent of employees in this industry did not hold any post school qualifications.

Australia Employment: Males: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data was reported at 3.664 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.643 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Males: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.818 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.967 Person th in Feb 2018 and a record low of 1.565 Person th in Nov 2006. Australia Employment: Males: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing: Aquaculture data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G023: Employment: by Sex and by Industry.

During financial year 2017, the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry in Australia paid approximately 487 million Australian dollars in environmental taxes that were related to the transport sector. The total value of environmental transport tax paid by all major industries amounted to almost 5.1 billion Australian dollars in the same year.

Australia GVA: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing data was reported at 6,850.000 AUD mn in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12,767.000 AUD mn for Jun 2018. Australia GVA: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing data is updated quarterly, averaging 7,464.000 AUD mn from Sep 2002 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16,940.000 AUD mn in Dec 2016 and a record low of 3,684.000 AUD mn in Sep 2003. Australia GVA: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.A077: SNA08: Gross Value Added: by Industry: Current Price.

Paper presented at the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) 2016 Conference.

Achieving an efficient allocation of fishery resource stocks between commercial and recreational fishers is often hampered by incomplete information about the economic value of these fisheries to the community. Economic data for Australia's recreational fishing sector are currently not readily available in a form that can be used for resource allocation decisions. The little data that are available provide a limited picture of the economic value of the sector. This is largely due to the non-market nature of goods produced by recreational fishing.

This paper provides a theoretical framework for how non-market values associated with recreational fishing can be derived using the travel cost method. It then combines this with economic information from the commercial sector to assess the effect of changes in allocation of a fish stock between recreational and commercial fishers. The framework assumes that the commercial and recreational catch is regulated via a total allowable catch. The paper also highlights some of the impediments of using this framework in applied analysis. The description of the travel cost method in a recreational fishing context is supported by a summary of some recent work undertaken by ABARES in valuing game fishing activities in eastern Australia.

This statistic displays the number of full time and part time employees in the Australian commercial fishing and aquaculture industry in financial year 2017, by gender. That year, around **** thousand men and *** thousand women were full-time employees in the commercial fishing and aquaculture industry in Australia.