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Line Fishing: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 0413, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.

Actively trading businesses in Line Fishing (ANZSIC class 0413) across Australia, June 2025
564 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Line Fishing (ANZSIC class 0413) across Australia, June 2025
436 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Line Fishing (ANZSIC class 0413) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
49 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Line Fishing (ANZSIC class 0413) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
71 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 line fishing in inshore, mid-depth or surface waters. This class includes businesses engaged in several fishing methods, including surface or bottom long lining, trolling, or hand or powered-reel fishing.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Bottom long line fishing
  • Line fishing
  • Ocean trolling
  • Squid jigging
  • Surface long line fishing

The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:

  • trawling, seining or netting are included in Class 0414 Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting

The ABS page for class 0413 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.

By employment size

Line Fishing businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses564 businesses
Non-employing436 businesses
1 to 4 employees89 businesses
5 to 19 employees31 businesses
20 to 199 employees8 businesses
200 or more employees0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By turnover

Line Fishing businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k150 businesses
$50k to less than $200k221 businesses
$200k to less than $2m171 businesses
$2m to less than $5m14 businesses
$5m to less than $10m5 businesses
$10m or more3 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Line Fishing businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year586 businesses
ABS business entries49 businesses
ABS business exits71 businesses
At the end of the year564 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By main state or territory

Line Fishing businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales104 businesses
Victoria29 businesses
Queensland209 businesses
Western Australia66 businesses
South Australia97 businesses
Tasmania46 businesses
Australian Capital Territory0 businesses
Northern Territory13 businesses
Other Territories or Currently Unknown0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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