Other Fishing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0419, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Fishing (ANZSIC class 0419) across Australia, June 2025
- 995 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Fishing (ANZSIC class 0419) across Australia, June 2025
- 778 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Fishing (ANZSIC class 0419) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 62 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Fishing (ANZSIC class 0419) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 83 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 fishing not elsewhere classified or in other types of marine life gathering.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Abalone/paua fishing
- Freshwater eel fishing
- Freshwater fishing n.e.c.
- Marine water fishery product gathering
- Oyster catching (except from cultivated oyster beds)
- Pearling (except pearl oyster farming)
- Seaweed harvesting
- Spat catching
- Turtle hunting
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- hatching or farming seaweed, fish, crustaceans or molluscs in controlled environments are included in the appropriate classes of Group 020 Aquaculture
- potting for rock lobster or crabs are included in Class 0411 Rock Lobster and Crab Potting
The ABS page for class 0419 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 995 businesses |
| Non-employing | 778 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 169 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 42 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 6 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 | 254 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 367 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 340 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 23 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 5 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 | 1,016 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 62 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 83 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 995 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 | 183 businesses |
| Victoria | 120 businesses |
| Queensland | 158 businesses |
| Western Australia | 120 businesses |
| South Australia | 144 businesses |
| Tasmania | 257 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 11 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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