--- title: Crocodile capture zones, Northern Territory resource: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/ publisher: Department of Lands, Planning and Environment licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-04 rows: 9 fields: 3 source: https://ftp-dlrm.nt.gov.au/main.html?download&weblink=aac4c4e35e0b03678f586ccd8af0d034&realfilename=Wildlife_CrocCaptureZones.zip source_sha256: 8deebb530f623784fa2e674df4f333dd8684fe4309b658a4c89dfbf4a9d8d1a5 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Crocodile capture zones, Northern Territory The boundaries of the nine zones where the Northern Territory removes crocodiles, one row per zone, with name, code and shape. Published by Department of Lands, Planning and Environment under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Lands, Planning and Environment has not endorsed this site. Also called: NT Crocodile Capture Zones, Darwin crocodile management zone map, Crocodile removal zones NT. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.csv (294 B) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.xlsx (8.2 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.json (2.7 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.geojson (3.3 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.parquet (1.2 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.gpkg (1.4 MB) - pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.pmtiles (363 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.ndjson (2.5 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.arrow (4.9 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.csv.gz (178 B) Pinned version 2026-10-04: `https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/aggregate?group=zone_name&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `zone_name` | string | ZONENAME | | | `zone_code` | integer | ZONECODE | | | `created` | date | CREATED | The date the zone boundary was created. | Key: `zone_code`. ## Versions - 2026-10-04: 9 rows, 3 fields, sha256 8deebb530f62. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/history.tar.zst ## Part of Crocodile capture zones and captures, Northern Territory - [Crocodile captures, Northern Territory](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-captures/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [2003 Canberra bushfire burn area and property damage](https://publicdata.au/d/act-2003-bushfire/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Police stations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-police-stations/) (ACT) - [State electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Northern Territory (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-nt/) (Cth) - [Federal electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [National Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-national-heritage-list-places/) (Cth) - [Locality boundaries, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-locality-boundaries/) (Qld) - [CrocWatch crocodile sightings, Queensland, 2010 to 2015](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-crocwatch-sightings-2010-2015/) (Qld) - [Crocodile distribution surveys, Queensland, 2000 to 2012](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-crocodile-distribution-surveys/) (Qld) - [Queensland towns flood extent, January 2011](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2011-january/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government, NT Crocodile Capture Zones and Daily Count, https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government, NT Crocodile Capture Zones and Daily Count, https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/ Harvard: Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (2026) Crocodile capture zones, Northern Territory, version 2026-10-04 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 4 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/ Markdown: Data: [Crocodile capture zones and captures, Northern Territory](https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count), Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 4 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Crocodile capture zones as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, PMTiles, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Crocodile capture zones in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 9 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-capture-zones/v/2026-10-04/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Crocodile capture zones updated? Lands, Planning and Environment releases it when the zones change. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Crocodile capture zones commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Crocodile capture zones? No. The publisher is Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, and its page is https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.zip with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Crocodile capture zones use? The publisher's shapefile is in GDA94 (EPSG:4283), moved to GDA2020 here. The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre. ### What is in each row? One capture zone, with its name, its code and the date the boundary was created, and the zone's shape. The zone code matches the zone code on each capture in the crocodile captures table. ### How often does it change? The boundaries in the October 2026 version were all created on 9 June 2021. This site checks the file weekly and adds a dated version when it changes. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.zip`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/nt-crocodile-capture-zones.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/nt-crocodile-capture-zones.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.