Fishery status reports 2024 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.
This 29th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 102 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 2024 generated an estimated gross value of production (GVP) of $412 million in 2022–23, which is 29% of Australia's total wild-catch fisheries GVP of $1.42 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 2022−23. 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.
Australian Fishing Zone showing the location of Commonwealth fisheries
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Fishery Status Reports 2024 [PDF 18.5 MB] [DOCX 19.2 MB]
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Chapter 1 - Overview and Key Issues - [PDF 1.1 MB] [DOCX 1.44 MB]
Chapter 2 - Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fisher – [PDF 510 KB] [DOCX 932 KB]
Chapter 3 - Coral Sea Fishery – [PDF 677 KB] [DOCX 1.19 KB]
Chapter 4 - Northern Prawn Fishery - [PDF 1.3 MB] [DOCX 1.71 MB]
Chapter 5 - North West Slope Trawl Fishery - [PDF 550 KB] [DOCX 1.1 MB]
Chapter 6 - Small Pelagic Fishery - [PDF 921 KB] [DOCX 1.15 MB]
Chapter 7 - Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery - [PDF 435 KB] [DOCX 924 KB]
Chapter 8 - Commonwealth Trawl and Scalefish Hook sectors - [PDF 5.3 MB] [DOCX 6.21 KB]
Chapter 9 - East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector - [PDF 414 KB] [DOCX 814 KB]
Chapter 10 - Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector - [PDF 848 KB] [DOCX 1.21 MB]
Chapter 11 - Shark Gillnet and Shark Hook sectors - [PDF 1.16 MB] [DOCX 1.46 MB]
Chapter 12 - Southern Squid Jig Fishery - [PDF 765 KB] [DOCX 1.15 MB]
Chapter 13 - Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery - [PDF 430 KB] [DOCX 1.15 MB]
Chapter 14 - Torres Strait Fisheries - [PDF 370 KB] [DOCX 893 KB]
Chapter 15 - Torres Strait Finfish Fishery - [PDF 666 KB] [DOCX 1.03 MB]
Chapter 16 - Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery - [PDF 621 KB] [DOCX 986 KB]
Chapter 17 - Torres Strait Prawn Fishery - [PDF 492 KB] [DOCX 1.12 MB]
Chapter 18 - Torres Strait Beche-de-mer and Trochus Fisheries - [PDF 920 KB] [DOCX 2.77 MB]
Chapter 19 - International fishery management arrangements - [PDF 498 KB] [DOCX 1.0 MB]
Chapter 20 - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery - [PDF 1.1 MB] [DOCX 1.5 MB]
Chapter 21 - Skipjack Tuna Fisheries - [PDF 535 KB] [DOCX 896 KB]
Chapter 22 - Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery - [PDF 450 KB] [DOCX 939 KB]
Chapter 23 - Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery - [PDF 846 KB] [DOCX 1.25 MB]
Chapter 24 - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery - [PDF 491 KB] [DOCX 884 KB]
Chapter 25 - Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery - [PDF 385 KB] [DOCX 826 KB]
Chapter 26 - CCAMLR Exploratory Toothfish Fisheries - [PDF 547 KB] [DOCX 954 KB]
Chapter 27 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species - [PDF 917 KB] [DOCX 1.07 MB]
Chapter 28 - Joint authority fisheries - [PDF 304 KB] [DOCX 753 KB]
Chapter 29 - The status determination process - [PDF 293 KB] [DOCX 687 KB]
Appendices - [PDF 461 KB] [DOCX 1.19 MB]
Acronyms and the glossary - [PDF 320 KB] [DOCX 707 KB]
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Access the full history of Commonwealth fisheries’ stock status from 1992 until present
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Fish status 2024 full history [MS MHT 3.49 MB].
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Download previous reports
Fishery Status Reports 2023 [PDF 51.5 MB]
Fishery Status Reports 2022 (PDF 19.0 MB)
Fishery Status Reports 2021 (PDF 32 MB)
Fishery Status Reports 2020 (PDF 39.6 MB)
Fishery Status Reports 2019 (PDF 39.4MB)
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Fisheries Status Report Map Data 2010-2023
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