IND125: Culturally Significant Species Mortalities from Fishing

A metric tracking the number of culturally important species that die due to fishing activities each year. The data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-16. This indicator helps track impacts on species that have cultural, spiritual, or traditional importance to communities.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in culturally significant species mortality based on the annual count metric.
• Assess the impact of fishing activities on species of traditional importance as described.
• Support policy and conservation efforts for culturally valuable species based on mortality data.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific metric for culturally significant species mortality.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.
• Last updated on 2026-07-16, indicating recent maintenance.

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

Likely collected from fishing activity monitoring.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 02:28:24.745840; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Australia, given the source platform.