Green Crab Survey Data - Mainland Australia, 1997 -

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Dataset contains monitoring data from field surveys (mainly from crab-traps) on the distribution of European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in mainland Australian coastal waters, from January 1997 onwards. Data are also collected for bycatch of native crab species (including common shore crab Paragrapsus gaimardii, rough rock crab Nectocarcinus integrifrons, and ocean surf crab Ovalipes australiensis). The majority of data comes from one-off trappings in St Vincent Gulf, South Australia, and a suite of sites from SE Victoria (this latter area has been surveyed repeatedly). Some sites were in southern NSW. Data contains details of catch location, date, crab species, crab size, abundance, sex, gonad condition, limb loss, carapace colour. These data were collected as part of CSIRO's studies on the impacts and demographics of introduced marine species in Australian waters and for comparison with green crab distributions in Tasmania.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Green Crab Survey Data - Mainland Australia, 1997 -
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/0c5448c6-f1fb-41c8-829b-54834b6120c3
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Craig.Proctor@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1997
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Green Crab Survey Data - Mainland Australia, 1997 -". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/green-crab-survey-data-mainland-australia-1997