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Datasets / Queensland / Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland / Capricorn Coast

Catch lines in Capricorn Coast

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Publisher Department of Primary IndustriesLicence CC BY 4.0Version 2026-06-19Rows 2,696

2,696 of the 23,118 catch lines in Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland are in Capricorn Coast, 1996 to 2025. Published by Department of Primary Industries under CC BY 4.0, version 2026-06-19.

The number of sharks and other animals caught by Queensland's shark nets and drumlines, by month, beach, gear and species, since 1996. This page holds the rows where area is Capricorn Coast. The whole table, with every area, is Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland.

2,696catch lines
1996 to 2025years drawn
23,118in the whole table
01002003004001996 Drum: 1071996 Other: 11997 Drum: 841997 Other: 119971998 Drum: 851999 Drum: 1102000 Drum: 1042001 Drum: 8920012002 Drum: 972003 Drum: 722004 Drum: 822005 Drum: 8520052006 Drum: 712007 Drum: 832008 Drum: 722009 Drum: 6220092010 Drum: 642011 Drum: 672012 Drum: 1172013 Drum: 12120132014 Drum: 732015 Drum: 752016 Drum: 582017 Drum: 4320172018 Drum: 452019 Drum: 392020 Drum: 512021 Drum: 14820212022 Drum: 1962023 Drum: 2502024 Drum: 3112025 Drum: 3692025
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Animals caught per year by gear, 1996 to 2025. 2026 is not drawn because the year was not over when the publisher released this version on 19 June 2026. A sum of the number caught column from version 2026-06-19, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.
Download these rows as JSONQuery API

Files for Capricorn Coast

The rows for this area alone, cut from version 2026-06-19. Each file carries the publisher's attribution and names the partition it holds.

The query API answers the same rows and counts from a URL, in JSON, CSV or NDJSON: rows and aggregate. Every format of the whole table, with a format picker, is on the dataset page.

A sample of 10 rows

From the latest version, newest first by year, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

yearmonthmonth_nameareabeachgearmarine_parkspecies_groupcaab_codecommon_namescientific_namealive_deceasedfatefate_reasonnumber_caught
20265MayCapricorn CoastEmu ParkDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018022TIGER SHARKGaleocerdo cuvierAliveReleased Alivenull1
20264AprilCapricorn CoastCAD 8 Emu ParkDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018022TIGER SHARKGaleocerdo cuvierAliveReleased Alivenull1
20264AprilCapricorn CoastCooee BayDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018022TIGER SHARKGaleocerdo cuvierDeceasednullnull2
20264AprilCapricorn CoastEmu ParkDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasDeceasednullnull1
20264AprilCapricorn CoastEmu ParkDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018026PIGEYE WHALERCarcharhinus amboinensisDeceasednullnull2
20264AprilCapricorn CoastFarnborough BeachDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasDeceasednullnull2
20264AprilCapricorn CoastFarnborough BeachDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018023LONG NOSE WHALERCarcharhinus brevipinnaDeceasednullnull1
20264AprilCapricorn CoastFarnborough BeachDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018026PIGEYE WHALERCarcharhinus amboinensisDeceasednullnull3
20264AprilCapricorn CoastFishermans BeachDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018026PIGEYE WHALERCarcharhinus amboinensisDeceasednullnull1
20264AprilCapricorn CoastKemp BeachDrumCommonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasAliveReleased Alivenull1

The 15 fields are described on the dataset page, and schema.xlsx is the data dictionary.

Before you use it

What is in each row?

Each row is a count of animals of one species caught on one kind of gear at one beach in one month, with whether they were alive or dead, their fate and the reason, and the marine park the beach lies in.

Does it include animals other than sharks?

Yes. The species group column separates sharks from turtles, marine mammals and other animals such as rays and fish, which the publisher includes in the same table.

Why are some scientific names blank?

The publisher writes NULL where an animal was not identified to species, such as an unknown shark. Those cells are null here.

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