Marine Bioregional Boundaries for Australian Fisheries Management

DPIRD Bioregions (DPIRD-095) is a spatial boundary dataset from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. It delineates marine bioregions used for State of the Fisheries Reports, following the Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia framework with the Gascoyne coast as a separate region. The data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze fishery management zones using the defined bioregional boundaries.
• Integrate bioregion polygons with other marine spatial data for habitat or resource planning.
• Support environmental reporting and policy development for regions like the Gascoyne coast.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative state department DPIRD Geospatial Information Services.
• Available in multiple interoperable geospatial formats (GeoJSON, SHP, FGDB, WFS).
• License is Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by), permitting reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Specific data volume metrics like row count or file size are unknown.
• The column schema and attribute details for the boundaries are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)

Collection Method

Derived from the Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia (IMCRA) report.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Marine and coastal regions of Australia.