| Summary: | Progress Code: completed Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Statement: Data source: field surveys Taxonomic upgrading: identification of target taxa to species-level by experts at various Australian museums, followed by integrating these identifications into the original catch data using accession numbers to track individual specimens. Assigning final CAAB codes to species-level identifications and updating file-names of photographed specimens to reflect the upgrading. The data including all upgrades entered until Dec 2016 have been transferred to the CSIRO Information and Data Centre and loaded into the CSIRO Data Trawler. Credit Collaboration with various museums Credit Funding: CSIRO Wealth from Oceans, DEWHA and Census of Marine Life, Seamounts Credit Project - CenSeam Credit Felicity McEnnulty Credit Karen Gowlett-Holmes Credit Franzis Althaus Credit Alan Williams The scientific objectives for the survey were split across two voyages (SS11/2006 for leg 1 and SS02/2007 for leg 2). They were to: (1) use advanced sampling tools and techniques that are, to the extent possible, non destructive (2) collect precisely georeferenced baseline data at scientific reference sites to enable indicators to be quantified (e.g. biodiversity metrics and levels of fishing effort at each site). These data will be documented and available for use for targeted monitoring during subsequent surveys (1) provide results that can assess the achievement of the TSMR management plan to date (revisit four seamounts photographed in 1997 - Main Pedra, Sister 1, K1 and D1; look for changes in fished and unfished sites) and refine baseline data (2) enable future assessment against performance objectives for the TSMR and selected proposed Commonwealth MPAs - Huon, Tasman Fracture and possibly South Tasman Rise and Freycinet depending on the time available at sea (3) test efficiency of the various biodiversity metrics to determine effectiveness, cost and potential for monitoring other deepwater reserves (4) provide ...
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