Note: this dataset description is metadata (data about data) which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2 (February 2001)
ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZNS0364000024
Title: Offshore Recreational Fishing Survey
Custodian: NSW Fisheries
Jurisdiction: New South Wales
The database consists of angler interviews (species lengths and angler effort), boat counts at boat ramps, aerial boat counts, and boat count data from Coast Guard logbooks. Data is considered accurate for researcher data, Coast Guard data is dependent on personnel.
- FISHERIES Recreational
- Geographic extent name:
- TASMAN SEA - Ocean and Sea Regions - Australia
- Geographic extent polygon:
- 147 -53, 175 -53, 175 -29, 147 -29, 147 -53
Note: The format for each Geographic extent name is: Name - Identifier - Category - Jurisdiction (as appropriate)
Geographic bounding box:
The bounding box encloses the maximum extents of the dataset. There may be voids or gaps within the bounding box, depending on the defined coverage of the dataset. Outer bounding rectangle as Latitude/Longitude coordinates based on the WGS84 datum (expressed as both Degrees Minutes Seconds and as decimal Degrees):
- North bounding latitude: 29 00 00.0 S (-29)
- South bounding latitude: 53 00 00.0 S (-53)
- East bounding longitude: 175 00 00.0 E (175)
- West bounding longitude: 147 00 00.0 E (147)
Lineage:
Not Known
Positional accuracy:
Not Known
Attribute accuracy:
Not Known
Logical consistency:
Not Known
Completeness:
Not Known
This dataset description complies with ANZLIC Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2 (February 2001) and XML DTD ANZMETA NSW NRIMS Page 1 v1.0 which extends ANZMETA 1.3 (metadata validation date: 2004-07-11)