Courageous Cruise 026 Biological Data overview, 1977

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 026. The data were obtained off the southern coast of New South Wales in the Tasman Sea, and off the coast of Victoria in Bass Strait in October and November 1977. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and other demersal and pelagic fish. Length, spawning stage and target signal strength were determined. 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

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Title Courageous Cruise 026 Biological Data overview, 1977
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/768bbea4-2b51-4e01-b701-e11f37a12799
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 25/10/1977 - 07/11/1977
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 026 Biological Data overview, 1977". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-026-biological-data-overview-19771