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Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)

Entry ID: brs_2000-2

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Summary

Abstract: Australian national commercial fisheries presence data summarized by
half-degree square, year (2000-2002) and species name. Cells with less than 5
boats represented are excluded, as are commercial "taxa" which represent
multiple or otherwise unidentified species. The dataset contains 60,445 records
representing 390 separate species. Additional summary information including
catch weights and gross value product per species per square per year is
available via the National Atlas of Commercial Marine Fisheries and Coastal
Communities which is accessible from the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) home
page, http://www.brs.gov.au

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: ACON MAP

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -9.0

S: -48.0

E: 168.0

W: 106.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002

Online Resource: http://www.iobis.org/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-01-01

Stop Date: 2002-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: Data are aggregated by 0.5 degree square
Longitude Resolution: Data are aggregated by 0.5 degree square
Horizontal Resolution Range: 50 km - < 100 km or approximately .5 degree - < 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: Yearly
Temporal Resolution Range: Annual

Science Keywords

OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Quality Data are from commercial catch returns but most are commercial species so
should be correctly identified.

Access Constraints None.

Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form
appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of
the OBIS facility.

For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full
citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any
constituent part.

Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia

Data Center URL: http://www.brs.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAMES LARCOMBE Email: James.Larcombe at brs.gov.au Contact Address: Bureau of Rural Sciences GPO Box 858 City: Canberra Province or State: ACT Postal Code: 2601 Country: AUSTRALIA

International Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Data Center URL: http://www.iobis.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: EDWARD VANDEN BERGHE Phone: (732) 932-6555 x 565 Fax: (732) 932-8578 Email: evberghe at marine.rutgers.edu, evberghe at iobis.org Contact Address: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University 71 Dudley Road City: New Brunswick Province or State: NJ Postal Code: 08901-8521 Country: USA

Australia Regional Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node

Data Center URL: http://www.obis.org.au/

Data Center Personnel
Name: PHILIP BOHM Email: philip.bohm at csiro.au Contact Address: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research GPO Box 1538 City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: AUSTRALIA