Spencer Gulf fisheries, Prawn Fisheries Catch and Effort Logbook Data

• Other Authors: Angelo Tsolos (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SARDI Aquatic Sciences (hasAssociationWith), Talia Wittmann (processor), University of Adelaide (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; biota; environment; Western King Prawn; Penaeus latisculcatus; Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates; CRUSTACEANS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; FISHERIES; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES; Boats and Small Vessels; Logbook/Catch Data; Visual Counts/Observations; Trawls | Prawn Trawls; Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean/ Australia extension; Marine Features (Australia) | Spencer Gulf; SA; catch; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/spencer-gulf-fisheries-logbook-data/693831

Maintenance and Update Frequency: unknown Statement: All Commercial Fisheries licence holders must provide details of their fishing activities on a prescribed form. Data is received on the prescribed logbook form and is collated, processed and entered by the data entry staff. Validation is undertaken during processing and entry of forms. Data are in numerical and text format, and presented as tabulated data. Approximately 30,000 records by year. The dataset is pre-identified in the sense that the data collected is specified by PIRSA Fisheries & Aquaculture on behalf of the Minister. For further information: The data is hosted by SARDI/PIRSA on behalf of the Minister - restricted access. All data with a distinct licence count of less than 5 is confidential. Refer to SARDI Aquatic Sciences Information Systems Quality Assurance and Data Integrity Report - 2010 (available with the permission of SARDI Aquatic Sciences on behalf of PIRSA Fisheries and the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries). Credit South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Aquatic Sciences Credit Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) Fisheries Credit The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries The Western King Prawn species (Penaeus latisculcatus) is landed from South Australian (SA) waters. The prawn industry in SA is divided into the Gulf St Vincent, Spencer Gulf, and West Coast fisheries. A separate fishery in Investigator Strait operated until 1986/87 when it was amalgamated into the Gulf St Vincent fishery. The Gulf St Vincent fishery was closed in 1991/92 and 1992/93. The West Coast fishery was voluntarily closed in 1992/93. This system monitors catch and effort fluctuations in the state's prawn industry. The quantity of prawns (kg) and effort (hours trawled) to catch the prawns are recorded for each fishing period from records submitted by the trawler operators.