Courageous Cruise 012 Biological Data overview, 1976

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 012. The data were obtained from waters off the New South Wales and Victorian coasts and Bass Strait in September and October 1976. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and other demersal and pelagic fish including gemfish. Catch rate, length, sex, gut contents, gonad size and state were determined. Data were also obtained on intercomparisons between the EK50 and EK120 systems and XBT data were also obtained. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise summary for this voyage.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Courageous Cruise 012 Biological Data overview, 1976
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/076f1523-741f-46f7-9ad5-3bc702234b65
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 13/09/1976 - 01/10/1976
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 012 Biological Data overview, 1976". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-012-biological-data-overview-19761