WTBF map

 Area of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery

The principal areas of the fishery managed under the Plan are the part of the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) that extends westward from Cape York Peninsula off Queensland (142°30’E), around the west coast of Western Australia and eastward, across the Great Australian Bight to 141°E at the South Australian/Victorian border. 

The area of the WTBF also includes: 

  • those parts of the AFZ that surround Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands extending toward the outer limit of the AFZ from a line every point of which is 12 nautical miles from the Australian territorial sea baseline; and
  • the high seas area of the Indian Ocean.

For exact co-ordinates please see Schedule 1, Part 3 of the Plan.

Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery in the Australian Fishing Zone map (JPG, 2.7MB) 

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Area of Competence map (JPG, 2.7MB)