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: ANZNS0364000029
Title: Prawn Trawl Bycatch
Custodian: NSW Fisheries
Jurisdiction: New South Wales
Commercial prawn trawl catches recorded by observers. Data includes operational data and species composition, size frequency and relative abundance of all species caught in prawn trawls from four observer trips per month to four estuaries and four observer trips per month to ocean ports plus shot by shot trawl data from R.V. KAPALA.Specific commercial prawn trip data is confidential but summaries are available. NSW coast from Botany Bay to the Clarence River.
- FISHERIES Marine
- Geographic extent name:
- HAWKESBURY SHELF - IMCRA - New South Wales
- Geographic extent polygon:
- 150.87 -34.6, 152.84 -34.6, 152.84 -32.54, 150.87 -32.54, 150.87 -34.6
- Geographic extent name:
- MANNING SHELF - IMCRA - New South Wales
- Geographic extent polygon:
- 152.32 -32.54, 153.42 -32.54, 153.42 -30.4, 152.32 -30.4, 152.32 -32.54
- Geographic extent name:
- TWEED - MORETON - IMCRA - New South Wales
- Geographic extent polygon:
- 151.96 -30.4, 153.9 -30.4, 153.9 -24.09, 151.96 -24.09, 151.96 -30.4
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: 24 05 24.0 S (-24.09)
- South bounding latitude: 34 36 00.0 S (-34.6)
- East bounding longitude: 153 54 00.0 E (153.9)
- West bounding longitude: 150 52 12.0 E (150.87)
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)