{
  "case_id": "plumpudding_beach_esperance_whale_carcass_2026",
  "source": "WA SharkSmart Shark ADVICE for Plumpudding Beach, west of Esperance",
  "taxonomy_note": {
    "official_species_identification": null,
    "whale_taxon": "Kogia sp.",
    "possible_species": "Kogia breviceps",
    "taxonomy_status": "provisional",
    "taxonomy_confidence": "provisional_unverified"
  },
  "initial_report": {
    "scores": {
      "warning_score": 19.68,
      "activity_hazard_score": 12,
      "surveillance_priority_score": 24.96
    },
    "dominant_factors": [
      {
        "factor": "biological_event_score",
        "points": 19.68,
        "meaning": "Whale-carcass biological event context drives the low bounded warning score."
      },
      {
        "factor": "biological_event_surveillance_context",
        "points": 14.76,
        "meaning": "Carcass context is the strongest operational surveillance factor."
      },
      {
        "factor": "activity_hazard_score",
        "points": 4.2,
        "meaning": "Activity layer contributes low contextual points; no specific activity was asserted."
      },
      {
        "factor": "regional_sst_species_context",
        "points": 3,
        "meaning": "Western Australia regional profile contributes bounded background context."
      },
      {
        "factor": "regional_species_suitability",
        "points": 3,
        "meaning": "Regional suitability context is present without species confirmation."
      }
    ],
    "missing_sources": [
      "weather_observations",
      "ocean_observations",
      "sst_anomaly",
      "vessel_activity",
      "human_exposure_estimates",
      "recent_interactions",
      "sighting_reports",
      "reef_features"
    ]
  },
  "hypothetical_nearby_sighting": {
    "scores": {
      "warning_score": 19.68,
      "activity_hazard_score": 12,
      "surveillance_priority_score": 35.96
    },
    "surveillance_priority_delta_vs_initial": 11.0,
    "hypothetical": true,
    "dominant_factors": [
      {
        "factor": "biological_event_surveillance_context",
        "points": 14.76
      },
      {
        "factor": "verified_sightings_nearby",
        "points": 11,
        "meaning": "Hypothetical verified sighting ingestion raises surveillance priority."
      }
    ]
  },
  "recommended_patterns": [
    "carcass_event_buffer_zone",
    "shoreline_parallel_sweep",
    "future down-current drift corridor once tide/current support exists"
  ],
  "safety_note": "This report is for bounded operational surveillance context only."
}