This data set contains the location of active and decommissioned submarine communication cables in Australian and surrounding international waters. The location of cables were derived from the 2015 Australian Hydrographic charts. Data is made publically available by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub. Note: The following charts were used in the generation of this data set. QLD A0004620.tif NE – QLD A0004604.tif NE – QLD A0004621.tif SE – QLD A0004635.tif NSW A0004643.tif TAS/VIC A0004644.tif SA A0004709.tif WA A0004708.tif SW – WA A0000334.tif NW – WA A0004721.tif NW – WA A0004722.tif NT A0004720.tif

This data set is a summary of seismic survey transects from 1961 to 2015. The data was summarised to 0.1 deg grids and the number of km of the grid surveyed over a 5 year period was calculated. Geoscience Australia is releasing its 2014 version of the Marine Seismic Surveys Shape and Kml files. These files have been updated to include recent openfile surveys. The spatial files have been created from a cleansed, updated collection of p190 navigation files. This navigation collection has grown from the checking of navigation submitted to the GA Repository under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/gcat_f5f24293-c9c1-6ed9-e044-00144fdd4fa6/Marine+Seismic+Survey+Shape+and+Kml+Files+-+2014+Version This data contains geographical information in shapefiles that represent 2D and 3D seismic surveys from 1961 to 2013.They represent most of the seismic surveys shot around Australia. According to Mike Sexton (pers. comm., 2013; GA) 3D surveys are modern surveys that shoot with multiple cables, acquiring many times more data than a 2D survey. The cables have no impact on the environment. Over time, seismic surveys have used a variety of sources commencing with dynamite in the 1960s (usually 50 lbs, but sometimes 200 lbs). The shot spacing was usually of the order of 200 m. Since then, electrical discharges (sparkers), gas-exploders, vibratory sources and air guns have been used. The shot interval has been reduced to about 20 m.

The WCPFC have compiled a public domain version of aggregated catch and effort data using operational, aggregate and annual catch estimates data provided by Commission Members (CCMs) and Cooperating Non-members (CNMs). The data provided herein have been prepared for dissemination in accordance with the current Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Ac- cess to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission or (RAP). Paragraph 9 of the Rules and Procedures indicates that ”Catch and Effort data in the public domain shall be made up of observations from a minimum of three vessels”. However, the majority of aggregate data provided to WPCFC do not indicate how many vessels were active in each cell of data which would allow data to be directly filtered according to this rule. Instead, the individual cells where ”effort” is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Statistics showing how much data have been removed according to this RAP requirement are provided in the documentation for the longline and purse seine public domain data. All public domain data have been aggregated by year/month and 5x5 grid. Annex 2 of the RAP indicates that public domain aggregated catch/effort data can be made available at a higher resolution (e.g. data with a breakdown by vessel nation, and aggregated by 1x1 grids for surface fisheries); however, if the public domain data were provided at these higher levels of resolution implementation of the RAP ”three-vessel rule” with the current aggregate data set would result in too many cells being removed. Records are for Albacore, Yellowfin, Bigeye, Striped Marlin, Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Swordfish and SkipJack Tuna. The data is summarised for Tuna, Marlin, Swordfish and other species and mapped by the catch per hook for each species group, averaged annually.

The physical climate defines a significant portion of the habitats in which biological communities and species reside. It is important to quantify these environmental conditions, and how they have changed, as this will inform future efforts to study many natural systems. We present the results of a statistical summary of the variability in sea surface temperature (SST) time-series data for the waters surrounding Australia, from 1993 to 2013. We partition variation in the SST series into annual trends, inter-annual trends, and a number of components of random variation. We utilise satellite data and validate the statistical summary from these data to summaries of data from long-term monitoringstations and from the global drifter program. The spatially dense results show clear trends that associate with oceanographic features. Noteworthy oceanographic features include: average warming was greatest off southern West Australia and off eastern Tasmania where the warming was around 0.6 C per decade for a twenty year study period, and; insubstantial warming in areas dominated by the East Australian Current but this area did exhibit high levels of inter-annual variability (long-term trend increases and decreases but does not increase on average). The results of the analyses can be directly incorporated into (biogeographic) models that explain variation in biological data where both biological and environmental data are on a fine scale.

This dataset is a summary of global cyclone frequency. Data on the tracks of cyclones since 1900 was sourced from the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS). The lines of each cyclone were summarised over a 1 degree grid and the number of unique storms and the length of each track in each grid was generated. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/index.php?name=ibtracs-data

This data set contains the locations of offshore petroleum titles/leases/tenements, established for exploration and/or production purposes. Data was sourced from the Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator and Australian States archives. Data for all titles/leases/tenements, generated pre-2011 were sourced from states online archives. Data is made publically available by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Online resources NOPTA: http://www.nopta.gov.au/spatial-data/spatial-data.html QLD: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/mining/mining-online-services/qdex-data NSW: http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/geoscience-information/services/online-services/minview VIC: Distributed by NOPTA (Melanie Webb - melanie.webb@nopta.gov.au), obtained from VIC Government Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources TAS: http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/mrt_maps/app/list/map SA: https://sarig.pir.sa.gov.au/Map WA: http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/datacentre NT: http://www.nopta.gov.au/spatial-data/spatial-data.html

This data contains summaries at 0.1 deg of all suspected and confirmed oil pollution events reported to, or suspected by AMSA. Data on the date, geographic location, source type and ship type was provided by AMSA. This data was summarised over the entire time period (1970-2016) at 0.1 degree resolution and the count of the number of incidents produced. http://www.amsa.gov.au/environment/major-historical-incidents/index.asp

This data set contains the locations of offshore petroleum wells, drilled for exploration and/or production purposes. Data was sourced from the Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator and Australian States archives. Data for all wells generated pre-2011 wells was sourced from states online archives. Data is made publically available by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Online resources NOPTA: http://www.nopta.gov.au/spatial-data/spatial-data.html QLD: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/mining/mining-online-services/qdex-data NSW: http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/geoscience-information/services/online-services/minview VIC: Wells distributed by NOPTA (Melanie Webb - melanie.webb@nopta.gov.au), obtained from VIC Government Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources TAS: http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/mrt_maps/app/list/map SA: https://sarig.pir.sa.gov.au/Map WA: http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/datacentre NT: http://www.nopta.gov.au/spatial-data/spatial-data.html

This data set contains the location of active and decommissioned submarine petroleum pipelines in Australian waters. Data set delivered by NOPTA to CSIRO upon request. Data is made publicly available by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Note: NOPTA contact Melanie Webb - melanie.webb@nopta.gov.au