--- title: Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/ publisher: Department of Primary Industries licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-05-26 rows: 1705 fields: 8 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/def48c7b-fe46-4566-8f64-fc831156f464/resource/f13151cb-9e22-4a47-9fee-eae2a3ca6ef5/download/qld-catch-statistics-gbrmp-july-2025-april-2026.csv source_sha256: 20679e9111333358fb2a9528df0a9bc7b06fe9a66e7c5bb9d49f6bb2bb9a5aa3 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Each animal caught by Queensland shark control gear inside the Great Barrier Reef marine parks in the current financial year, by date and beach. Published by Department of Primary Industries under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Primary Industries has not endorsed this site. Also called: Queensland Shark Control Program catch statistics for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Great Barrier Reef drumline catches. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.csv (248 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.xlsx (65 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.json (423 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.parquet (15 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.sqlite (270 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.ndjson (421 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.arrow (44 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.csv.gz (10 KB) Pinned version 2026-05-26: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/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/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/aggregate?group=common_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/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `date` | date | Date | | | `area` | string | Area | | | `location` | string | Location | | | `marine_park` | string | Marine Park | | | `common_name` | string | Common Name | | | `scientific_name` | string | Scientific Name | | | `fate` | string | Fate | Deceased, Released Alive or Euthanised. | | `fate_reason` | string | Fate Reason | The publisher's reason for the fate. Often blank. | ## Versions - 2026-05-26: 1705 rows, 8 fields, sha256 20679e911133. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/history.tar.zst ## Part of Queensland Shark Control Program catches - [Shark Control Program catches by length and sex, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-catch-lengths/) - [Shark Control Program catch numbers, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-catch-numbers/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Australian Shark-Incident Database](https://publicdata.au/d/au-shark-incidents/) (NSW) ## Attribution and citation Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Queensland Shark Control Program catch statistics for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-shark-control-program-catch-statistics-great-barrier-reef-marine-park, 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: Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Queensland Shark Control Program catch statistics for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-shark-control-program-catch-statistics-great-barrier-reef-marine-park, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/ Harvard: Department of Primary Industries (2026) Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, version 2026-05-26 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/ Markdown: Data: [Queensland Shark Control Program catches](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-shark-control-program-catch-statistics-great-barrier-reef-marine-park), Department of Primary Industries, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,705 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/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches/v/2026-05-26/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park updated? DPI releases it irregularly, several times a year. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 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 Shark Control Program catches in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park? No. The publisher is Department of Primary Industries, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-shark-control-program-catch-statistics-great-barrier-reef-marine-park. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in each row? Each row is one animal caught by Shark Control Program gear inside the Great Barrier Reef marine parks, with the date, area, beach, marine park, species, fate and the reason for the fate. ### Which period does it cover? The publisher adds one file per financial year. This entry follows the newest, which covered July 2025 to April 2026 at the time of review. Earlier years are on the same portal page. ## 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.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-shark-control-gbr-catches.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.