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Marine mammal interactions with trawl gear

Created 11/01/2026

Updated 11/01/2026

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Underwater video technology was used to observe marine mammal interactions (seals, in particular Australian fur seals) within midwater trawl nets.

A camera system was placed inside the trawl net in the vicinity of a Seal Excluder Device, designed to prevent megafauna from entering the codend of the net and provide an escape point.

Digital video data was described according to a range of operational, catch and interaction fields, and made time-specific to each trawl shot. Data is linked to commercial catch and effort data providing operational, environmental and catch information.

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Title Marine mammal interactions with trawl gear
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c6b83f46-7c07-463e-bf26-8c86454ebeb6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Jeremy.Lyle@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2006 - 01/07/2007
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Marine mammal interactions with trawl gear". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-mammal-interactions-with-trawl-gear1