Storm Bay Environmental Sampling for Salmon Aquaculture, 2009-2015

Five sites in Storm Bay, Tasmania, were sampled monthly for over five years to provide baseline environmental data for the salmon aquaculture industry. The project aimed to inform site selection and monitoring programs, building on a historical CSIRO study from 1985-89. Data collection occurred from November 2009 to April 2015, with some gaps due to weather and funding constraints.

Use Cases

• Modeling water quality fluctuations for salmon farm site selection based on temperature and salinity data.
• Analyzing long-term environmental changes by comparing data with the 1985-89 CSIRO study.
• Assessing the influence of oceanic currents like the East Australian Current on nutrient levels in the bay.
• Developing cost-effective environmental monitoring programs for aquaculture operations.

Strengths

• Multi-year temporal coverage from November 2009 to April 2015.
• Spatial coverage across five distinct sampling sites within Storm Bay.
• Historical context provided by comparison with a CSIRO study from 1985-89.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data collection had gaps in 2013 due to funding and occasional weather-related cancellations.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au

Collection Method

Monthly sampling at five fixed sites in Storm Bay.

Time Range

November 2009 to April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 11:39:47.881494; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Storm Bay, south eastern Tasmania, Australia