Southern Giant Petrel Data Inventory for the Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy Area

A data inventory for the Southern Giant Petrel, a priority endangered species, compiled in relation to the Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area. The inventory was created by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of a project exploring information for 15 priority species. It was last updated on June 5, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on the Southern Giant Petrel based on compiled occurrence data.
• Identifying gaps in publicly available species data to inform future monitoring or research activities.
• Supporting regulatory processes for environmental approvals by providing a collated information source for a priority species.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific endangered species (Southern Giant Petrel) in a defined geographic area (Gippsland declaration area).
• Part of a larger project that identified and evaluated data for 15 priority species.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided (2026-06-05).

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the compilation from public sources.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration and collation of publicly-available occurrence datasets and information sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 01:39:21.745195; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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