Open dataset

Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine

Name: Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine
Creator: Australian Government, DCCEEW
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine is an open dataset published by Australian Government, DCCEEW, under CC BY 4.0. Biohotspot shows it on its map as 1 layer.

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Marine protected areas (Australia)

Get the data

shapefilefed.dcceew.gov.au

Used on 226 marine park pages

Figures on these Biohotspot pages are read from this dataset, each with its source and licence.

Abrolhos (Commonwealth)
Adelaide (SA)
Anindilyakwa (NT)
Annan River (Qld)
Apollo (Commonwealth)
Arafura (Commonwealth)
Argo-Rowley Terrace (Commonwealth)
Arnhem (Commonwealth)
Ashmore Reef (Commonwealth)
Baffle Creek (Qld)
Ball Bay - Sand Bay (Qld)
Bardi Jawi Gaarra (WA)
Barker Inlet-St Kilda (SA)
Barrow Island (WA)
Batemans (NSW)
Beagle (Commonwealth)
Beelbi (Qld)
Boags (Commonwealth)
Bohle River (Qld)
Bowling Green Bay (Qld)
Bremer (Commonwealth)
Broad Sound (Qld)
Bunurong (Vic)
Burdekin (Qld)

and 202 more: all marine parks.

How to cite it

Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024 – Marine.