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Courageous Cruise 050 Biological Data overview, 1979

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Updated 25/06/2025

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This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 050. The data were obtained from the Australian North West shelf in May and June 1979. Trawls for demersal fish were made and the species caught included Lutjanus and Nemipterus spp. and the brush tooth lizard fish (Saurida undosquamis). Other species found further to the north included Saurida micropectoralis, Gassa miuta and leiognathus fasciatus. Pelagic fish caught included Pellona ditchella, northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus tonggol), mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis), and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).(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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Title Courageous Cruise 050 Biological Data overview, 1979
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2e5be21e-f68a-4379-8e63-1530fce43b40
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 26/05/1979 - 13/06/1979
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 050 Biological Data overview, 1979". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-050-biological-data-overview-19791