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Tropical Prawn Project Prawn Trawl Data c1975-1979 (Redfield Data)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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Prawn trawl data from Weipa, East and South East Gulf of Carpentaria in the late 1970s. The main objective was to ascertain the distribution and abundance of each of the main commercial and some non-commercial penaeid species. The main data collection was performed off the Judy B with cruises repeated every month for 13 months; some other vessels were involved at different times (Kalinda, Raptis Pearl, Sprightly). Trawling was conducted at night and consisting of 30 minute shots. All prawns were sorted by species (general codes used) and sex, but no weights were recorded. Catch rates were expressed as number of prawns caught per net per hour. There were more than four sampling plans.

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Field Value
Title Tropical Prawn Project Prawn Trawl Data c1975-1979 (Redfield Data)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b0d78199-8237-432d-9a4a-bf9ad907abb2
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1970 - 31/12/1979
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Tropical Prawn Project Prawn Trawl Data c1975-1979 (Redfield Data)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tropical-prawn-project-prawn-trawl-data-c1975-1979-redfield-data