Southern Giant Petrel Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy Area

A data inventory for the Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) was compiled as part of a rapid exploration of information on 15 priority species. The project, NESP MaC 3.21, identified publicly-available occurrence data relevant to the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area in Bass Strait. The inventory was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated on 2026-06-17.

Use Cases

• Assess potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on Southern Giant Petrel populations based on occurrence data.
• Identify data gaps for endangered species in the Gippsland declaration area to inform future monitoring efforts.
• Evaluate the utility of existing datasets for regulatory processes required by DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.
• Specifically targets the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait.
• Project methodology involved evaluating dataset accessibility and utility for regulatory assessments.

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 or source bias inherent to the data_gov_au platform.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:29:55.615680; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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