Humpback Whale Data Inventory for the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy Area

A data inventory collating publicly-available occurrence information for Humpback Whales in relation to the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area in Bass Strait. The inventory was created by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of a project to support environmental assessments for 15 priority species. It was last updated on 2026-06-04.

Use Cases

• Assess potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on Humpback Whales based on collated occurrence data.
• Identify gaps in accessible data sources for endangered species to guide future data collection efforts.
• Support regulatory processes for the Gippsland declaration area by evaluating the utility of existing datasets.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-priority species (Humpback Whale) for a defined geographic area.
• Project methodology involved evaluating dataset utility for official regulatory assessments.
• Inventory is part of a larger collection covering 15 priority species, allowing for comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific data formats within the inventory are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration and collation of publicly-available datasets and information sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 18:41:06.237686; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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