Marine Protected Area Design Data for Southeastern Australia

Southeastern Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone is the focus of this dataset related to marine planning. The data supports the implementation of Australia's 1998 Oceans Policy and the development of a representative Marine Protected Area network, with regional planning initiated in 2003. The article is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and the Geological Association of Canada.

Use Cases

• Designing a representative network of Marine Protected Areas based on geophysical information mentioned in the description
• Informing regional marine planning processes based on the 1998 Oceans Policy framework
• Analyzing spatial data for marine environmental management in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone

Strengths

• Article is associated with a specific government policy (1998 Oceans Policy) and planning process.
• Focuses on a defined geographic region: the southeastern part of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone.
• Regional marine planning for this area began in 2003, providing a temporal anchor.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Planning processes referenced from 1998 and 2003 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:49:01.018440; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southeastern region of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone.