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Crocodile captures, Northern Territory, version 2026-10-20

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Rows 5,650Fields 15Fetched 19 October 2026Source SHA-256 2fa6cbf3ba1aeade…

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Change from 2026-10-13

4 rows added, 0 removed and 1520 changed by the key object_id. The full list is in diff/2026-10-13..2026-10-20.json.

Attribution the licence asks for

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 19 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Provenance

Fetched from ftp-dlrm.nt.gov.au on 19 October 2026. The portal listed the licence as Creative Commons Attribution at that moment. manifest.json has every detail.

01002003004001998 Trap: 71999 Harpoon: 11999 Trap: 82000 Trap: 32001 Harpoon: 12001 Trap: 120012002 Trap: 12003 Trap: 192004 Trap: 272005 Trap: 522005 Unknown: 120052006 Harpoon: 82006 Other: 12006 Trap: 912006 Unknown: 12007 Hand: 22007 Harpoon: 102007 Trap: 1112008 Destroyed: 22008 Hand: 52008 Harpoon: 92008 Trap: 842009 Destroyed: 42009 Hand: 42009 Harpoon: 202009 Other: 32009 Trap: 20320092010 Hand: 122010 Harpoon: 262010 Net: 12010 Trap: 2682011 Destroyed: 22011 Hand: 62011 Harpoon: 402011 Trap: 2322012 Destroyed: 112012 Hand: 82012 Harpoon: 502012 Other: 12012 Trap: 2562013 Destroyed: 62013 Hand: 92013 Harpoon: 152013 Other: 22013 Trap: 20120132014 Destroyed: 62014 Hand: 72014 Harpoon: 112014 Other: 12014 Trap: 2682015 Destroyed: 132015 Hand: 102015 Harpoon: 212015 Net: 12015 Other: 12015 Trap: 2652016 Hand: 202016 Harpoon: 62016 Other: 12016 Trap: 2072017 Destroyed: 72017 Hand: 122017 Harpoon: 112017 Trap: 35420172018 Destroyed: 222018 Hand: 222018 Harpoon: 62018 Other: 12018 Trap: 3412019 Hand: 132019 Harpoon: 62019 Trap: 2402020 Hand: 72020 Harpoon: 112020 Trap: 2402021 Destroyed: 62021 Hand: 32021 Harpoon: 132021 Net: 12021 Trap: 30320212022 Destroyed: 62022 Hand: 112022 Harpoon: 42022 Trap: 2602023 Destroyed: 72023 Hand: 92023 Harpoon: 122023 Net: 12023 Other: 32023 Trap: 2442024 Destroyed: 92024 Hand: 122024 Harpoon: 122024 Net: 22024 Other: 12024 Trap: 2382025 Destroyed: 22025 Hand: 152025 Harpoon: 152025 Other: 32025 Trap: 2112025
DestroyedHandHarpoonNetOtherTrapUnknown
Captures per year by capture method, 1998 to 2025. 2026 is not drawn because the rows run to 18 October 2026. A count of rows in this version, worked out in the build.
Change from the version before

+4 added · −0 removed · 1520 changed

Against 2026-10-13, by the key object_id. The full list is in diff/2026-10-13..2026-10-20.json.

Other versions: 2026-10-04, 2026-10-13.