Indicator: CO-07 Australian fisheries production - national tonnage and value of retained catch
Data
While the tonnage of fish production had increased over the last three years, the value has decreased. Around a quarter of the dollar value of the Australian fishery is contributed by Commonwealth managed fisheries. The other three quarters is contributed by State managed fisheries.
| Tonnes | Value $000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Aquaculture production | ||
| 2001-02 | 44,746 | 731,163 |
| 2002-03 | 45,943 | 734,470 |
| 2003-04 | 43,475 | 731,811 |
| Wild fish production | ||
| 2001-02 | 197,632 | 1,769,062 |
| 2002-03 | 212,512 | 1,647,455 |
| 2003-04 | 228,275 | 1,486,131 |
| Aquaculture as a proportion of wild fish | ||
| 2001-02 | 23% | 41% |
| 2002-03 | 22% | 45% |
| 2003-04 | 19% | 49% |
Source: Derived from ABARE: Australian Fisheries statistics
| States ($000) | Commonwealth ($000) | Commonwealth as a percentage of total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-02 | 1,288,320 | 480,742 | 27% |
| 02-03 | 1,232,610 | 414,845 | 25% |
| 03-04 | 1,148,682 | 337,449 | 23% |
Source: ABARE: Australian Fisheries Statistics
For more detailed information on the value of Australian fisheries see Australian fisheries value,
For further information on Australian fisheries, link to Australian Fisheries Statistics,
What the data mean
Over the three years from 2001 to 2004, the quantity of fish production has increased while the value has decreased.
Data Limitations
These data are not environmentally significant in their own right but provide a baseline for tracking changes in the contribution of the national fishery to human life which may result from either the declining condition of the resource or from societal responses to that decline. It will be useful to track changes in the amount and value of food produced against future declines and/or improvements in fishery sustainability and condition of other aspects of the marine environment that are vulnerable to degradation as a result of fishery production.
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Coasts and Oceans — Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life - Food
Wild fish are a main source of food for human life, both domestically and exported. Aggregated tonnage and dollar value are reasonable ways of tracking trends in this contribution.
Other indicators for this issue:
- CO-08 National tonnage and value of aquaculture production
- HS-48 Material Flows in Human Settlements
Biodiversity — Utilisation and value of biodiversity - Harvesting and trade in wildlife
Harvesting of wild fish is the principal commercial harvesting of wild animals in Australia.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-23 Some selected nationally significant native terrestrial species subjected to harvesting and population trends
- LD-10 Number of compounds from terrestrial sources at some stage of commercial development
- CO-09 Number of compounds from coastal and marine sources at some stage of commercial development
- CO-16 Status of Australian fisheries
- CO-17 Change in species and trophic structure of fish species caught
- CO-19 Estimated tonnage taken by illegal fishing; estimated number of illegal boats, estimated number of individuals of threatened species taken
- CO-20 Non-target effects: Area of seabeds trawled
- CO-21 Non-target effects: Number and/or weight taken as bycatch, and change since introduction of exclusion devices
- CO-32 Number of injuries to marine animals from marine debris
- CO-62 Estimated number of marine animals harvested by recreational fishers
- CO-63 Estimated number of marine animals harvested by indigenous fishers
- CO-65 Correlation between various human activities and introduction of coastal and marine species
- AAT-19 Annual catch in tonnes of marine species harvested in Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters - legal and illegal
- AAT-20 Fishing by-catch numbers and/or weight taken as bycatch
Human Settlements — Services provided by the environment to human settlements - Fisheries
A considerable proportion of the food consumed in human settlements in Australia derives from the oceans, via fishing.
Other indicators for this issue:
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