Northern Royal Albatross Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

A data inventory for the Northern Royal Albatross was compiled as part of a rapid exploration of 15 priority species in the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area in Bass Strait. The project identified and evaluated publicly-available occurrence datasets for species listed as critically endangered or endangered under Australian law. The work was conducted for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environment Authority.

Use Cases

• Identify data gaps for environmental impact assessments based on the inventory of species occurrence data.
• Evaluate the utility of existing datasets for regulatory processes based on the project's stated evaluation criteria.
• Plan data collection activities to improve accessibility based on identified needs for usable formats.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian regulatory authorities.
• Specifically targets the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait waters.
• Evaluates data utility for formal assessments and regulatory processes.

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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 02:44:12.209020; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait, Australia.