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Datasets / Queensland / Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland / Rainbow Beach

Catch lines in Rainbow Beach

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Publisher Department of Primary IndustriesLicence CC BY 4.0Version 2026-06-19Rows 1,432

1,432 of the 23,118 catch lines in Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland are in Rainbow Beach, 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 Rainbow Beach. The whole table, with every area, is Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland.

1,432catch lines
1996 to 2025years drawn
23,118in the whole table
0501001501996 Drum: 61996 Net: 591996 Other: 41997 Drum: 101997 Net: 431997 Other: 1519971998 Drum: 51998 Net: 191998 Other: 51999 Drum: 81999 Net: 302000 Drum: 52000 Net: 212001 Drum: 202001 Net: 2420012002 Drum: 42002 Net: 432003 Drum: 42003 Net: 252004 Drum: 202004 Net: 342005 Drum: 552005 Net: 5420052006 Drum: 692006 Net: 432007 Drum: 372007 Net: 522008 Drum: 352008 Net: 452009 Drum: 512009 Net: 3820092010 Drum: 272010 Net: 522011 Drum: 242011 Net: 542012 Drum: 312012 Net: 412013 Drum: 442013 Net: 4820132014 Drum: 312014 Net: 192015 Drum: 302015 Net: 372016 Drum: 242016 Net: 312017 Drum: 262017 Net: 4020172018 Drum: 272018 Net: 322019 Drum: 342019 Net: 372020 Drum: 332020 Net: 422021 Drum: 352021 Net: 6120212022 Drum: 452022 Net: 362023 Drum: 222023 Net: 452024 Drum: 212024 Net: 412025 Drum: 712025 Net: 682025
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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 Rainbow Beach

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
20264AprilRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018003DUSKY WHALERCarcharhinus obscurusDeceasednullnull1
20264AprilRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasAliveEuthanisedTarget Species1
20264AprilRainbow BeachRainbow BeachNetGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)OTHER37441900TUNA**non-current code** Scombridae - undifferentiatedDeceasednullnull1
20264AprilRainbow BeachRainbow BeachNetGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasDeceasednullnull1
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018021BULL WHALERCarcharhinus leucasDeceasednullnull2
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018022TIGER SHARKGaleocerdo cuvierAliveEuthanisedTarget Species1
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018022TIGER SHARKGaleocerdo cuvierDeceasednullnull2
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018023LONG NOSE WHALERCarcharhinus brevipinnaDeceasednullnull2
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachDrumGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)TURTLE39020001LOGGERHEAD TURTLECaretta carettaDeceasednullnull1
20263MarchRainbow BeachRainbow BeachNetGreat Sandy Marine Park (GSMP)SHARK37018023LONG NOSE WHALERCarcharhinus brevipinnaDeceasednullnull2

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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