Courageous Cruise 038 Biological Data overview, 1978

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 038. The data were obtained from the Tasman Sea (NSW and Victoria coasts) in September 1978. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and other demersal and pelagic fish. Length, sex, numbers, weight and target signal strength were determined. XBT data from 9 launches and 30 surface water samples were also obtained during this cruise. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise summary for this voyage.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Courageous Cruise 038 Biological Data overview, 1978
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/097a52cc-d19d-4714-8489-af88bf5f3f23
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 22/09/1978 - 28/09/1978
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 038 Biological Data overview, 1978". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-038-biological-data-overview-19781