Redmap (Victoria) - Sightings of Shark and Ray Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken. Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy. It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old). If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.Redmap 是一个主要面向社区的网站，邀请公众发现、记录并标注在其所在区域或沿岸特定区域较为罕见的海洋物种。该平台会将收集到的信息整合制图并展示，随着时间推移，以此直观呈现物种分布的动态变化情况。目击记录分为两类：一类为附有照片、可经海洋生物学家‘验证’的记录，另一类为未附照片的记录，我们将其称为社区目击记录（传闻类记录）。所有收集到的信息（无论是否附有照片）都会被整合制图，并将在后续数年中用于梳理、呈现我们海洋环境中正在发生的变化全貌。收集的核心数据包括目击物种（通常从预先设定的关注物种列表中选取）、观测地点、观测日期/时间以及当时开展的活动。此外还可收集其他可选补充信息，涵盖性别、体型、体重等生物数据，以及水深、水温、栖息地类型等环境数据。本记录关联实时动态数据（后续将随时间更新），且空间要素的精度有所降低。同时该记录受三年公开限制期约束，即不包含距今不足三年的数据。若您希望咨询获取可引用的静态数据集（该数据集需为最新版本或包含高精度空间要素），请联系指定联络人。