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South Pacific Epidemiological and Health Information Services (SPEHIS) fish poisoning database

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This database combined data from a number of public sources to assist in analysing for climate trends in ciguatera within the South Pacific. Monthly fish poisoning rates for nations within the South Pacific from 1988 to 1996 obtained from the South Pacific Epidemiological and Health Information Services (SPEHIS). Ciguatera case rates were calculated for each year using population data from the United Nations global population database. Also within the database are the sea surface temperature records from the Hadley Centre Sea Ice and SST data set up to 2007. The sea surface temperature database has also been segmented by the South Pacific nation maritime boundaries. For analysing potential links between sea surface temperature and ciguatera intensity.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title South Pacific Epidemiological and Health Information Services (SPEHIS) fish poisoning database
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/232f4d2c-7c0d-4753-86c0-7b9f7daf6ef6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 25/01/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "South Pacific Epidemiological and Health Information Services (SPEHIS) fish poisoning database". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/south-pacific-epidemiological-and-health-information-services-spehis-fish-poisoning-database1