04 Fishing, Hunting and Trapping
Subdivision page linking the underlying ANZSIC groups and classes for this part of the hierarchy.
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Groups in Fishing, Hunting and Trapping
Compare the industry groups below before you open a class page. This is the cleanest place to separate similar retail, service or production families without jumping too early to the final code.
Groups
What this subdivision covers
ANZSIC subdivision 04 is the middle layer between the broad division and the more specific groups. It is useful when you want to understand the section of the economy without jumping straight to the final class code.
This is also where confusion often appears. Similar business types can sit in nearby groups, so using the subdivision page first makes the boundary clearer before you narrow the match further.
Subdivision facts
- Division
- A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
- Groups
- 2
- Classes
- 6
Class-level detail
Classes in Fishing, Hunting and Trapping
These are the final four-digit ANZSIC class pages in this subdivision. Each card uses the official class-level description and primary activities already parsed from the ABS material.
Rock Lobster and Crab Potting
This class consists of units mainly engaged in catching rock lobsters or crabs from their natural habitats of ocean or coastal waters, using baited pots.
- Crab fishing or potting
- Rock lobster fishing or potting
- Saltwater crayfish fishing
Prawn Fishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in catching prawns from ocean or coastal waters.
- Prawn fishing
- Scampi fishing
Line Fishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in line fishing in inshore, mid-depth or surface waters.
- Bottom long line fishing
- Line fishing
- Ocean trolling
Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting
This class consists of units mainly engaged in trawling, seining or netting in mid-depth to deep ocean or coastal waters using a variety of net fishing methods.
- Beach seining, fishing
- Bottom gill netting, fishing
- Danish seining, fishing
Other Fishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in fishing not elsewhere classified or in other types of marine life gathering.
- Abalone/paua fishing
- Freshwater eel fishing
- Freshwater fishing n.e.c.
How to use this page
If you know the division but not the exact group, this is the right stepping stone. It keeps the hierarchy readable and stops you from guessing the four-digit class too early.
For code selection work, move from subdivision to group and then confirm on the class page before you rely on the result for registration, reporting or taxonomy mapping.
Official source
- Official source
- ABS ANZSIC 2006 release
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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