Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia: Fishes Checklist
Citation
Kangas M, Morrison S, Unsworth P, Lai E, Wright I, Thomson A, Earl C (2023). Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/rklus6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The need for this project was identified through the ESD Risk Assessment workshops held for the Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf trawl fisheries in May and October 2001. Bycatch issues in the Shark Bay and Exmouth fisheries were identified as a moderate risk through an Ecological Risk Assessment workshop. A better understanding of the faunal composition and habitat preferences of bycatch species in both trawled and untrawled areas has assisted in determining the level of risk to bycatch species. The project provided baseline data on biodiversity and variability of trawl bycatch on and off the trawl grounds in Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf in order to set up potential reference sites for long-term monitoring.Purpose
These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.Sampling Description
Method steps
- See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Fishes
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Agnatharank: Superclass
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Chondrichthyesrank: unranked
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Osteichthyesrank: unranked
Geographic Coverages
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Bibliographic Citations
- Kangas, M. I., Morrison, S., Unsworth, P., Lai, E., Wright, I., and Thomson, A. (2007). Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia. Final FRDC Report 2002/038. Fisheries Research Report 160. -
Contacts
M.I. Kangasoriginator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
S. Morrison
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
P. Unsworth
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
E. Lai
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
I. Wright
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
A. Thomson
originator
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org