Southern Right Whale Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy Area

Gippsland declaration area in Bass Strait is the focus of this data inventory for Southern Right Whales. The inventory was compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of a project exploring information on 15 priority endangered species. It was last updated on 2026-06-04.

Use Cases

• Assess potential habitat overlap for Southern Right Whales based on occurrence data mentioned in the description
• Support regulatory impact assessments for offshore energy development based on the identified data sources
• Identify gaps in accessible data for endangered species monitoring as described in the project's objectives

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-priority endangered species (Southern Right Whale) in a defined regulatory area
• Project identified 15 priority species, suggesting a broader contextual effort
• Data inventory is publicly available via a persistent DOI (10.25959/GB51-RW44)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 21:26:42.472026; freshness should be verified

Geography

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