Fishery status reports 2026

Fishery status reports 2026 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.

This 31st edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 107 stocks across 22 fisheries. The reports summarise the performance of these fisheries against the requirements of fisheries legislation and policy.

The fisheries assessed in the Fishery status reports 2026 generated an estimated gross value of production (GVP) of $399 million in 2024–25, which represents 24% of Australia's estimated total wild-catch fisheries GVP of $1.66 billion.

A detailed description of economic conditions in each fishery is provided in each chapter, with a summary of economic information for all fisheries provided in the Overview chapter and in Appendix A.

The full report can be accessed in the link below.

Fishery status reports 2026 - single file with the compiled chapters

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Individual chapters for Fishery status reports 2026 are provided for download below.

Stock status dashboard

In support of Fishery status reports 2026, ABARES has published its 2nd iteration of the stock status dashboard. The dashboard allows readers to filter and display stock status data from 1992 to 2025 at different levels including by stock, species group, fishery, year, or whether solely or jointly-managed by the Australian Government.

The PowerBI dashboard may not meet accessibility requirements. For information about the content of this dashboard, contact ABARES.

Stock status data dashboard

Australian Fishing Zone showing the location of Commonwealth fisheries

Report chapters

Please reference individual chapters as per the following example:

Davis, K, Keller, K and Curtotti, R 2026, ‘Coral Sea Fishery’, in Cottrell RS, I Butler, H Patterson, D Bromhead, R Currey, R Curtotti, D Galeano, T Timmiss, J Woodhams (Eds) Fishery status reports 2026, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Canberra, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25814/ewe9-4p7. CC BY 4.0.

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Full history of Commonwealth fisheries’ stock status from 1992 until present

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Previous reports

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Fisheries Status Report Map Data 2010-2025

Related ABARES fisheries publications

The Fishery status reports are one of several ABARES publications that provide comprehensive information and analysis for Australian fisheries. The annual Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics reports contain comprehensive information on commercial fishing and aquaculture in Australia covering fisheries production, trade data and consumption and employment statistics. The Australian fisheries economic indicators reports present results from ABARES fishery surveys of selected Commonwealth fisheries, including detailed analysis of the net economic returns to the Australian community.