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WAMSI Node 4.4.2-1 - Stock structure of West Coast demersal indicator species - Drift current trajectories from GPS-tracked buoys

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Western Australian Department of Fisheries has been monitoring the trajectories of a series of drifting buoy releases along the Western Australian continental shelf since 2008. The objective of the programme is to study the current system on the continental shelf in relation to the migration of fish and invertebrate larvae, particularly over the summer months when some key pelagic species are spawning and also when the early-stage larvae of the western rock lobster are being transported offshore. To date, most of the releases have been along the lower west coast.

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Title WAMSI Node 4.4.2-1 - Stock structure of West Coast demersal indicator species - Drift current trajectories from GPS-tracked buoys
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d9b7e23a-9ef2-4d07-b0c4-8f784eecf008
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
daniel.gaughan@fish.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/12/2010 - 31/08/2011
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        [
          130,
          -37
        ],
        [
          130,
          -12
        ],
        [
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          -12
        ],
        [
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          -37
        ]
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "MultiPolygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "WAMSI Node 4.4.2-1 - Stock structure of West Coast demersal indicator species - Drift current trajectories from GPS-tracked buoys". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-node-4-4-2-1-stock-structure-of-west-coast-demersal-indicator-species-drift-current-t_e47