Rachel Cruise 04 [1984] - Biological data overview

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the biological data collected on Rachel Cruise 04/1984. The data were obtained from the Western Australian NE coast and Joseph Bonaparte Gulf between April and May 1984. The dataset consists of length, sex, species identity data for sharks, mainly Carcharhinus tilstoni, Carcharhinus sorrah, Scomberomorus commerson and Thunnus tonggol, from gillnet and longline samples. This dataset was collected as part of the CSIRO Northern Pelagic Fish Stock Research Project.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Rachel Cruise 04 [1984] - Biological data overview
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3c1890f8-b0f2-4a91-b809-34a5c1d215bc
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 25/04/1984 - 16/05/1984
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Rachel Cruise 04 [1984] - Biological data overview". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rachel-cruise-04-1984-biological-data-overview1