ABARES Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (AFAS) contains comprehensive information on commercial wild-catch fishing and aquaculture in Australia covering seafood production, trade data and consumption and employment statistics, with data to 2023−24.

AFAS aims to provide statistical information for the fishing and aquaculture industry, fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers and has two components:

• A report released around September focused on seafood production data from non Commonwealth jurisdictions
• A separate edition released in November that will include 2024−25 Commonwealth fisheries production data and trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AFAS complements ABARES annual medium-term forecasts and projections of fisheries and aquaculture production and exports published in March. For the most recent outlook (including projections to 2029−30) see the ‘Fisheries and aquaculture’ chapter in ABARES Agricultural Commodities Report March 2025 edition. This report also discusses factors affecting, and broader trends in, the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2024

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