Northern Royal Albatross Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

Fifteen priority species, including the Northern Royal Albatross, were identified for a rapid information exploration related to the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area. This record from the Australian Ocean Data Network describes the collated data inventory for the Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi). The project aimed to identify and evaluate publicly-available occurrence data for environmental and regulatory assessments.

Use Cases

• Identify species occurrence hotspots for environmental impact assessments based on the described data inventory.
• Evaluate data accessibility and utility for regulatory processes as outlined in the project's objectives.
• Plan data improvement activities for species monitoring based on the identified gaps in usable formats.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments for a specific offshore area.
• Project methodology is explicitly described in four steps, clarifying the data's intended purpose.

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, focusing on the Gippsland area and Bass Strait.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration of publicly-available information sources for species identified by DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 00:42:28.483131; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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