Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia: Fishes Checklist

M.I. Kangas; S. Morrison; P. Unsworth; E. Lai; I. Wright; A. Thomson

doi:10.25607/rklus6

Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia: Fishes Checklist

Citation

Kangas M, Morrison S, Unsworth P, Lai E, Wright I, Thomson A, Earl C (2023). Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/rklus6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-19.

Description

The need for this project was identified through the ESD Risk Assessment workshops held for the Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf trawl fisheries in May and October 2001. Bycatch issues in the Shark Bay and Exmouth fisheries were identified as a moderate risk through an Ecological Risk Assessment workshop. A better understanding of the faunal composition and habitat preferences of bycatch species in both trawled and untrawled areas has assisted in determining the level of risk to bycatch species. The project provided baseline data on biodiversity and variability of trawl bycatch on and off the trawl grounds in Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf in order to set up potential reference sites for long-term monitoring.

Purpose

These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.

Sampling Description

Method steps

See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Fishes

Agnatha
rank: Superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: unranked
Osteichthyes
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

Shark Bay, Western Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Kangas, M. I., Morrison, S., Unsworth, P., Lai, E., Wright, I., and Thomson, A. (2007). Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia. Final FRDC Report 2002/038. Fisheries Research Report 160. -

Contacts

M.I. Kangas
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

S. Morrison
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

P. Unsworth
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

E. Lai
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

I. Wright
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

A. Thomson
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories

Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org