NE Siberian Red Knot Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

The Australian Ocean Data Network published a data inventory for the North-Eastern Siberian Red Knot in 2026. This record is part of a project that identified 15 priority species and evaluated datasets for environmental assessments in the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area. It focuses on locating and assessing the utility of publicly-available occurrence data for regulatory processes.

Use Cases

• Identify data sources for environmental impact assessments based on the description of evaluating dataset utility for regulatory processes.
• Map species occurrence in relation to energy development zones based on the focus on the Gippsland declaration area.
• Prioritize data collection and accessibility improvements based on the project's activity to identify gaps in usable formats.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government authorities.
• Project methodology explicitly evaluates dataset utility for specific regulatory assessments.
• Includes data for a critically endangered migratory shorebird (North-Eastern Siberian Red Knot).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration involving identification, sourcing, and utility evaluation of datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 15:10:23.027191; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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