NESP MB Project A3: White Shark Population Assessment in Australian Waters

NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A3 provides a national assessment of white shark population size and status in Australia. The project aims to establish population estimates and trends for eastern and western populations to inform conservation and public safety policy. Outputs include tools for integrating tagging, genetic, and demographic data, as described by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling white shark population size and trends based on integrated tagging and demographic data mentioned in the description
• Identifying movement corridors and hotspots for top-order marine predators as described in the project outputs
• Trialing genetic and statistical tools for estimating historical population trends from contemporary tissue samples
• Developing national monitoring strategies for white shark populations as a stated project goal

Strengths

• Project is designed to fulfill the highest priority actions of the National Recovery Plan for white sharks.
• Outputs are planned to include peer-reviewed scientific literature to support policy development.
• Assessment covers both eastern and western white shark populations in Australian waters.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Research output from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A3, likely involving electronic tagging, genetic analysis, and demographic modeling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 15:21:20.972292; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian waters