737aa274-18ed-4377-812e-3b72a959641d urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T13:51:16 creation ISO 19115 2016 NESP A12: Northern Australia Pressures mapping 737aa274-18ed-4377-812e-3b72a959641d Relevant spatial datasets for mapping pressures were identified and collated. Pressures were categorised as resource extraction and use, pollution, habitat modification, climate, and ‘other’. Pressures included Commonwealth trawl fisheries effort, aquaculture infrastructure, location of oil and gas infrastructure, historical shipping and pollution data, location of historical seismic operations, cyclone intensity, spoil dumping, sewage outfalls, location of ports, and tourism operations. Two main pressure maps were derived i) an additive pressure hotspots map, which gives higher weight to areas with multiple pressures of high risk; and, ii) a multiplicative hotspot pressure map, which gives lower weighting to areas with multiple low risk pressures. Areas of high risk were identified, and thus possibly high benefit for management versus low risk or low associated benefit for mitigation. The information generated needs to be considered alongside robust species distribution data and interaction matrices for effective decision-making. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[128.957, -17.963], [142.712, -17.963], [142.712, -9.65], [128.957, -9.65], [128.957, -17.963]]]} 128.957 142.712 -17.963 -9.65 National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, Department of the Environment North Marine Bioregion DATA ACCESS - Pressures Mapping [File Geodatabase, direct download] (fisheries data withheld) documentDigital application/msaccess SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - description of layers in File Geodatabase (above) documentDigital XLSX Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML