Australian Gould's Petrel Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy Area

A 2026 data inventory from the Australian Ocean Data Network collates publicly-available occurrence data for the critically endangered Australian Gould's Petrel. The inventory was created as part of a rapid exploration project for 15 priority species in relation to the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area. It identifies relevant datasets, their sources, accessibility, and utility for environmental assessments.

Use Cases

• Assessing potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on endangered seabird populations based on occurrence data.
• Identifying data gaps for environmental regulatory processes required by DCCEEW and NOPSEMA based on the inventory's evaluation.
• Planning field studies or monitoring programs for the Australian Gould's Petrel based on the location of existing data sources.
• Improving data accessibility and utility for conservation planning as suggested by the project's stated activities.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments for a specific offshore energy area.
• Explicitly evaluates dataset utility for official environmental assessment and regulatory processes.
• Includes data for the Australian Gould's Petrel, a subspecies listed as critically endangered under Australian law.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to publicly-available occurrence records.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration project identifying and evaluating publicly-available datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 13:03:17.922827; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait, Australia.