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Towed Video deployments for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia (ConocoPhillips)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Towed video surveys were carried out across five principle locations of regional interest, including Evans, Tassie and Blackwood Shoals, the closest shoals to the Barossa field, as well as two mid-shelf seabed locations adjacent to Goodrich Bank and Cape Helvetius. In total, 113 towed video transects and 2246 downward facing digital still images were collected at depths of between 11 and 100 metres. The towed platform was deployed over the stern of the vessel, maintained within a metre of the seabed and towed at 1-2 knots (1.5 nominal) until a minimum distance of 1.5 km was covered in a continuous line transect. On the vessel, a computer-based towed video program managed collation of position, depth, and operator-derived habitat classification data, which was captured in real time as an operator interpreted the live video feed, and then archived for subsequent spatial analysis. The seabed biodiversity surveys were undertaken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in collaboration with ConocoPhillips as part of the Barossa field environmental baseline and marine studies program. The surveys were undertaken between 13 September and 1 October 2015, on the RV Solander. They covered five principal locations of regional interest, including Evans, Tassie and Blackwood Shoals, the closest shoals to the Barossa field, as well as two mid-shelf seabed locations adjacent to Goodrich Bank and Cape Helvetius, relevant to a potential gas export pipeline route.

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Title Towed Video deployments for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia (ConocoPhillips)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a1d0b577-5c11-4e04-b6b2-2e54d2d24509
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
adc@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 03/02/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Towed Video deployments for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia (ConocoPhillips)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/towed-video-deployments-for-the-barossa-environmental-baseline-study-2015-western-australia-con1