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CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978

Dataset homepage

Citation

CSIRO - Soviet Fishery surveys in Australian waters 1965-78 https://doi.org/10.15468/ttcx7v accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-30.

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.

This data has been republished (2022-09-05) with additional details of each occurrence where they can be one of three types: catch composition (counts per taxa and optional aggregated weights by trawl event), catch measurements (length and/or weight) of individual taxa and/or catch specimens and their stored location. The occurrence type is recorded in occurrenceremarks.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS 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

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Alan Williams
originator
position: Scientist
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
CSIRO - Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5449
email: Alan.Williams@csiro.au
Data Officer
metadata author
position: Data Officer
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
Data Officer
administrative point of contact
position: Data Officer
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/
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