Commercial and Research Fish Catch database held by the Australian Antarctic Division

Quality information are recorded on a record by record basis. Dataset is primarily data collected by Fisheries Observers on Australian commercial fishing vessels targeting Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish in the HIMI (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) and Macquarie Island fisheries. Furthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
Subjects:
AMD
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/commercial-research-fish-antarctic-division/754218
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADFishDatabase
https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_4030
http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADFishDatabase
Description
Summary:Quality information are recorded on a record by record basis. Dataset is primarily data collected by Fisheries Observers on Australian commercial fishing vessels targeting Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish in the HIMI (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) and Macquarie Island fisheries. Further Data were collected on Aurora Australis research voyages in the Southern Ocean and during new and exploratory fisheries carried out in CCAMLR area 58.4.2. Data include shot position information, biological data on target and prominent bycatch species, length at age estimates for toothfish, catch size, catch composition, bird and marine mammal observations. The data are held in an secure SQL database.