Marine Protected Areas in New South Wales, Australia

Geospatial boundaries for Marine Parks and Aquatic Reserves in New South Wales, Australia, as defined by the NSW Marine Estate Management Regulation 1999 and government gazettes. The data layer was submitted to the Department of the Environment for the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2018. It is provided by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Use Cases

• Map marine conservation zones based on the described legal boundaries.
• Analyze spatial coverage of protected marine habitats based on the geographic interpretation.
• Support regulatory compliance and management planning based on the official Marine Estate Management rules.
• Integrate with other environmental datasets using the CAPAD 2018 submission standard.

Strengths

• Based on official NSW government regulations and gazettes, ensuring legal accuracy.
• Identical to data submitted for the national CAPAD 2018 database, suggesting a standardized format.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (PDF, WMS, ESRI REST, WFS, URL) for interoperability.

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.
• Freshness should be verified as the underlying legal data is from 1999, though the platform record was updated in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), NSW Government.

Collection Method

Derived from legal instruments (NSW Marine Estate Management Regulation 1999 and government gazettes).

Time Range

Regulation from 1999; data submitted for CAPAD 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 06:27:27.331887; freshness should be verified

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.