Torres Strait Hand Collectables Survey (Sea Cucumbers and Trochus) 2009

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This project was focused on two small but locally important fisheries in Torres Strait - sea cucumber (beche-de-mer) and trochus. It included a survey of the fishery populations in east Torres Strait, an assessment of stock status and recommendations for future management. It also had a significant Islander training component, including a 2 day training workshop.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Torres Strait Hand Collectables Survey (Sea Cucumbers and Trochus) 2009
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/49f849da-1178-4da1-bf0a-54e0df167dc2
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/03/2009 - 01/03/2009
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Torres Strait Hand Collectables Survey (Sea Cucumbers and Trochus) 2009". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/torres-strait-hand-collectables-survey-sea-cucumbers-and-trochus-20091