This product is the Recreational Fishing Regions of Western Australia dataset. This datatset outlines recreational fishing regions used for monitoring, assessments and management of Western Australia’s recreational fisheries and aquatic resources in accordance with ecosystem-based fisheries management and Western Australia Fisheries Resource Harvest Strategies.

Polygon coverage of the Fish Habitat Protection Areas in Western Australia declared under section 115 of the Fish Resource Management Act. Shapefile created from textual descriptions of fish and fish habitat protection areas in Notices. Formally (DOF-002)

This spatial boundary supports the marine bioregional boundaries as described in the State of the Fisheries Reports, that follows those of the Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia report (IMCRA Technical Group) except for the inclusion of the Gascoyne coast as a separate region.

This spatial boundary supports Pearl Oyster Fishery Ministerial Policy Guideline No 17 in relation to section 54 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and Section 24 of the Pearling Act 1990.

Generalised land use regions based on their primary agricultural land use.

Interpolated contours lines at 2 metre intervals produced by DPIRD (formerly DAFWA) from the Land Monitor project (1998-2000) DEM based on a 10 metre grid. This data set does not cover the entire south west region - see the coverage map in the metadata for the full area.

A dataset that contains Regional Development Commission (RDC) region boundaries in Western Australia. These regions were established to support the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, which defined their extents and established Regional Development Commissions to promote their economic development.

The Wheatbelt boundary of Western Australia defines the area of cropping for wheat in Western Australia. This dataset was created in August 2009 to accurately define the limit of cropping for wheat in Western Australia. The western/southern limit was defined using interpretation of the best available aerial photography. The Clearing Line October 2002 was used to define the eastern limit of cropping. The data set updated in June 2012 to incorporate 2011 recapture of the Clearing Line to define the eastern limit of cropping.

This data set contains the current Instrument of Exemption (IOE) boundaries for WA fisheries. Each feature relates to the management boundary of a specific type of fish / fishery / area or activity. These boundaries comprise one component of all fisheries related boundaries prescribed by WA fisheries legislation. The full list of WA fisheries boundaries as documented in the annual ‘Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ is comprised of 6 different categories that have been grouped together as the Fisheries Guide. Fisheries Guide – CEO Notices and Determinations Fisheries Guide – Consolidated Management Plans Fisheries Guide – Consolidated Notices and Orders Fisheries Guide – Instrument of Exemption Fisheries Guide – Licence Conditions Fisheries Guide – Open Access When searching for particular information in relation to a type of fish / a fishery / an area or activity, then it is important that you refer to all of the above Fisheries Guide categories, as looking in just one category alone may not return all of the relevant boundaries.