Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0414, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting (ANZSIC class 0414) across Australia, June 2025
- 523 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting (ANZSIC class 0414) across Australia, June 2025
- 373 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting (ANZSIC class 0414) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 33 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting (ANZSIC class 0414) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 63 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Entries and exits compare two 30 June counts. They are not counts of openings and closures.
- The ABS adjusts its counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so a small number or a zero is approximate, not proof that no such business exists.
Summary of the ABS class definition
In this class, the ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in trawling, seining or netting in mid-depth to deep ocean or coastal waters using a variety of net fishing methods. Trawling methods involve one or two boats towing a very large bag net, either on the seabed or in mid-depth waters. Seining methods include purse, Danish or beach seining. Netting methods include surface or bottom gill netting.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Beach seining, fishing
- Bottom gill netting, fishing
- Danish seining, fishing
- Finfish trawling
- Pair trawling
- Purse seining
- Set netting, fishing
- Surface netting, fishing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- line fishing are included in Class 0413 Line Fishing
- hatching or farming fish in controlled environments are included in the appropriate classes of Group 020 Aquaculture
- wholesaling fresh or frozen finfish are included in Class 3604 Fish and Seafood Wholesaling
The ABS page for class 0414 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 523 businesses |
| Non-employing | 373 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 108 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 35 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 7 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By turnover
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| Zero to less than $50k | 130 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 174 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 192 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 15 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 6 businesses |
| $10m or more | 6 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Entries and exits, 2024-25
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| At the start of the year | 553 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 33 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 63 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 523 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 138 businesses |
| Victoria | 57 businesses |
| Queensland | 149 businesses |
| Western Australia | 55 businesses |
| South Australia | 75 businesses |
| Tasmania | 38 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 9 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 0 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 15 October 2026.
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3: Businesses by main state by industry class by turnover size ranges (8165DC03.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 16 October 2026.
Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas digital boundary file, 2026 (GCCSA_2026_AUST_SHP_GDA2020.zip). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0): the detailed classification. Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 26 June 2013, checked 16 October 2026.
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