Courageous Cruise 029 Biological Data overview, 1977

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 029. The data were obtained off the Victoria coast in Bass Strait and the NSW coast in the Tasman Sea in December 1977. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and other demersal and pelagic fish including snoek (Leionura atun), yellowtail (Trachurus mccullochi) and nannygai (Centroberyx affinis). Size range were determined. 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 029 Biological Data overview, 1977
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/cd260225-b35f-43e7-8e22-0e368a661c67
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 14/12/1977 - 21/12/1977
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 029 Biological Data overview, 1977". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-029-biological-data-overview-19771