Aquaculture Sites in Victorian State Marine and Estuarine Waters

Victoria, Australia, hosts this dataset summarizing aquaculture locations within its state marine and estuarine waters. The data was recorded and submitted to Victoria's Department of Primary Industries (DPI). The dataset was last updated on June 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map aquaculture site density based on location summaries.
• Analyze the distribution of aquaculture operations between marine and estuarine environments.
• Support marine spatial planning based on existing aquaculture site data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a government department (Victoria DPI), suggesting an official origin.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2026-06-17.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary file format is PNG, which suggests the data may be presented as maps or images rather than structured tables.

Provenance

Source

Victoria Department of Primary Industries (DPI), aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Recorded and submitted to Victoria DPI.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 00:15:54.552586; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State marine and estuarine waters of Victoria, Australia.