NE Siberian Red Knot Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

Australian Ocean Data Network compiled a data inventory for the North-Eastern Siberian Red Knot as part of a project identifying information sources for 15 priority species. The inventory focuses on species occurrence data relevant to the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area in Bass Strait. The project evaluated dataset accessibility and utility for regulatory assessments under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Use Cases

• Assess potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on endangered bird species based on occurrence data.
• Identify gaps in publicly available data for regulatory processes based on the inventory's evaluation of accessibility.
• Prioritize data collection activities for species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
• Support spatial planning for marine development based on the focus on the Gippsland declaration area.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.
• Explicitly evaluates data utility for specific regulatory assessment processes required by law.
• Provides a direct link to download the complete data inventory for all 15 species.

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 bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration of publicly-available occurrence datasets identified for priority species.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 21:10:46.220168; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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