Victoria Hunting Area Regulations with Game Species Codes

A subset of PLM25 land management boundaries combined with legislative restrictions on hunting, developed for the More to Explore App. The dataset includes hunting codes for different game species and pests, which must be linked to a separate hunting code table to determine permitted conditions. Rules were developed by the Land Management Division in consultation with the Game Management Authority, Victoria Police, and Parks Victoria.

Use Cases

• Map hunting code values for specific game species or pest animal groups against legislative restrictions to determine permitted hunting zones.
• Analyze PLM25 boundary areas combined with supplementary data to identify regions where hunting of particular species is legally restricted.
• Link the dataset's hunting codes with the separate hunting code table to build a compliance-checking tool for hunters.

Strengths

• Based on legislative requirements from multiple Acts including the Forest Act, National Park Act, and Wildlife Act.
• Rules developed in consultation with multiple authoritative bodies like the Game Management Authority and Victoria Police.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, DXF, and GDB for interoperability.

Limitations

• Requires mandatory linkage with the separate HUNT25_CLOSED and hunting code table datasets for full utility, creating a dependency.
• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, hindering preliminary assessment of data structure.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, State Government of Victoria.

Collection Method

PLM25 boundaries combined with supplementary data based on legislative restrictions, developed by the legislation unit within the Land Management Division.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.