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Description
Fisheries Queensland provides monthly data on interactions with Threatened, Endangered and Protected species reported by fishing operations using the NX fishing symbol. The data includes fields for Year, Month, Species, Management Region, Number of Animals, and Fate, and is submitted through mandatory logbook reporting. This data, last updated in April 2026, is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.
Use Cases
Monitor monthly trends in protected species interactions based on the Year and Month fields.
Assess regional impact on wildlife based on the ECIF Management Region field.
Analyze outcomes for different species groups based on the Species and Fate fields.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the mandatory NX IOM program on reporting rates as described.
Strengths
Data is updated monthly, providing regular insights.
Includes six specific data fields: Year, Month, Species/Species group, ECIF Management Region, Number of Animals, and Fate.
Managed under a formal Protected Species Management Strategy (PSMS) from July 2021.
Limitations
Data is self-reported and noted as unvalidated, with some records under investigation.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.