Aquaculture Lease and Production Maps for Northern Territory, 2003-2023

A series of aquaculture maps for the Northern Territory of Australia depicting lease areas and annual production totals. The maps cover the financial years 2003/2004, 2008/2009, 2013/2014, 2018/2019, and the current period 2022/2023. The resource is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of aquaculture leases based on the depicted lease area maps.
• Track changes in annual aquaculture production over time based on the state-wide production totals.
• Assess the growth and economic impact of the aquaculture sector in the Northern Territory based on the multi-year production data.

Strengths

• Maps cover a 20-year time span from 2003/2004 to 2022/2023.
• Includes both spatial lease boundary data and aggregated production statistics.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only as PNG image files, limiting direct quantitative analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

2003/2004, 2008/2009, 2013/2014, 2018/2019, 2022/2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-06 07:18:39.475739; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Territory, Australia