CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978
Citation
Williams A (2018). CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978. Version 6.1. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ttcx7v accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-01-23.Description
This dataset comprises catch compositions and trawl locations from 35 cruises of Russian fishery research vessels carried out in Australian waters between March 1965 and April 1978, containing some 4000 demersal trawls, mostly on the Australian continental shelf, in particular the Great Australian Bight, Australian North West Shelf, and the Gulf of Carpentaria, but also on the east and west coasts, in Bass Strait, and around Tasmania. Most records include catch composition by species (presence/absence but not weight), also some data on length frequency, maturity and diet of commercially important species. The dataset is an aggregate dataset from cruises of the vessels Berg-1, Berg-2, Seskar, Raduga, Lira, Berg-3, Korifei, Sutchan, Pr. Deruygin, Prometey, SETM 8-449, Alba, Poseidon, Equator, Shantar, Bacaevo, Kamensky, Tichookeanscy, Pulk. Meridian and Mys Tichy. The data were obtained by exchange with Soviet scientists in the mid 1990s and has had CSIRO species codes incorporated.Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBIS Data were received from Soviet researchers via Dr E. Nossov and K. Zgurovsky, and entered into Oracle database at CSIRO Marine Laboratories. Where possible, taxonomic IDs were re-identified in Hobart by Drs Peter Last and Alan Williams, and identifications confirmed where possible against know distributions for the species concerned. See the project report “Exchange and analysis of historical Soviet fishery survey data from the waters around Australia” (Koslow, J.A. et al., CSIRO, 1998) for full details. Koslow J.A., Last P., Williams A. & Sabourenkov P., 1998. Exchange and analysis of historical Soviet fishery survey data from the waters around Australia. FRDC Project Report no. 93/239, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, 47 pp.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Australia > Australian EEZ
Australia > Great Australian Bight
Australia > Gulf of Carpentaria
Australia > Western Australia Coast North > Australian North West Shelf
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Information and Data Centre
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/
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position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Information and Data Centre
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/