Northern Prawn Fisheries (NPF) Monitoring Project 2002 - 2004

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset was collected by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric division as part of its monitoring of the Northern Prawn Fishery. This is a key dataset for two separate prawn research projects ('NPF Monitoring' and 'New Catch Rates'), which have the following broad objectives: To map distribution and spatial contraction of prawns. To quantify the movement of banana and tiger prawns between the inshore and offshore waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Specifically this dataset is used: 1. To calculate the recruitment index each year for the main prawn species by region (January/February surveys). 2. To calculate the spawning index each year for the main prawn species by region (July/August surveys).

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Field Value
Title Northern Prawn Fisheries (NPF) Monitoring Project 2002 - 2004
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/53cb1b9b-13a6-4c43-abae-39012b9368e5
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Anthea.Donovan@csiro.au
Reference Period 16/08/2002
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Northern Prawn Fisheries (NPF) Monitoring Project 2002 - 2004". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/northern-prawn-fisheries-npf-monitoring-project-2002-2004