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Marine pollution data

Created 11/11/2025

Updated 11/11/2025

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The Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 and regulations protect Queensland's marine and coastal environment by minimising deliberate and negligent discharges of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters. Under the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 the master of a ship must report a discharge or probable discharge of any pollutant without delay to Maritime Safety Queensland or the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Pollutants are defined as harmful substances and includes oil, chemicals, and sewage and garbage. Even minor instances of marine pollution must be reported. The data files below contain reported marine pollution or suspected marine pollution in coastal waters. For a full breakdown of each column in this dataset please refer to the supporting document – Field Descriptions.

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Title Marine pollution data
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/aef12392-16c2-42c0-b8bf-bd5fb2d19293
Remote Last Updated 16/01/2024
Contact Point
Transport and Main Roads
opendata@tmr.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 29/06/2014
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Marine pollution data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/marine-oil-spills-data