Where did those definitions come from? The Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) for instance is simply the entirety of waters administered by Australia essentially encompassing waters out to 200 miles. Some of that is open and some (too much) closed to fishing.
My post asked why opening new areas (meaning places - not pedantic definitions) "to commercial fishing always and everywhere an unmitigated evil?
What’s always evil about a government opening a new place to fishing?
Oh yes, you say you want to protect spawning blah, blah blah. We all do. But you have simply declared the entire ocean as a spawning area and cannot allow fishing anywhere. I’m presuming sensible regulation. You presume environmental pillaging. Opening new areas should be done with careful consideration and regulation.
You first. I’m not playing that communist game.