IND318 - Healthcheck: Formal recognition of cultural or customary fishing practices for Indigenous communities

Updated: 2026-08-28

Metric: Presence/absence of provisions to enable cultural and customary fishing in the form of exemptions from standard fishing rules or formal recognition of rights to access in fishery-specific legislation or in the legislation of the jurisdiction (state/territory or Commonwealth) in which the fishery operates. Indicates whether laws or policies formally recognize and support cultural and customary fishing practices.