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Jurien Bay benthic habitat mapping

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

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Jurien Bay Boat Harbour is located north of the town of Jurien Bay, ~250 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The Boat Harbour services a range of government, recreational and commercial vessels and is managed by the WA Department of Transport (DoT).

Wrack and marine sediments frequently accumulate in the Boat Harbour, negatively affecting the navigability, environment and aesthetic quality of the Harbour. To manage these impacts, routine maintenance dredging is undertaken by DoT.

To inform future dredging requirements and marine environmental management of the Boat Harbour, BMT undertook benthic habitat mapping of Jurien Bay in November 2017 on behalf of DoT. The objectives of the mapping project were to: i. collect baseline data on the spatial extent and characteristics of benthic habitats in the mapping area, and ii. qualitatively characterise the extent of benthic primary producer habitat surrounding the Boat Harbour, and develop a mapping product to inform dredging operations and potential future environmental approvals applications, if necessary.

Mapping was conducted by first collating satellite imagery to identify benthic habitat features to be ground-truthed by towed video. Video footage was annotated with biological attributes and combined with the satellite imagery to create classified benthic habitat maps of an area offshore of the Boat Harbour.

See the "Lineage" section of this record and attached survey report for detailed methodology.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Jurien Bay benthic habitat mapping
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3c196afb-f041-41b4-ad3a-d26c58303885
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 24/12/2017 - 01/03/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
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        114.993,
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      ],
      [
        115.043,
        -30.319
      ],
      [
        115.043,
        -30.227
      ],
      [
        114.993,
        -30.227
      ],
      [
        114.993,
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Jurien Bay benthic habitat mapping". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/jurien-bay-benthic-habitat-mapping