Metadata details
AADFishDatabase
All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
- Citation
- Lamb, T., Robertson, T. and Welsford, D. (2006) Commercial and Research Fish Catch database held by the Australian Antarctic Division, Ver. 5, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/AADFishDatabase, Accessed: 2026-05-20
- Title
- Commercial and Research Fish Catch database held by the Australian Antarctic Division
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Created Date
- 2006-07-18
- Revision Date
- 2025-04-08
- Expected Date of Data Release
- None
- Data Version
- 5
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Dataset is primarily data collected by Fisheries Observers on Australian commercial fishing vessels targeting Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish in the HIMI (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) and Macquarie Island fisheries. Further Data were collected on Aurora Australis research voyages in the Southern Ocean and during new and exploratory fisheries carried out in CCAMLR area 58.4.2. Data include shot position information, biological data on target and prominent bycatch species, length at age estimates for toothfish, catch size, catch composition, bird and marine mammal observations.
The data are held in a secure SQL database.
Associated fisheries operational data are commercial in confidence. Data access is contingent on agreement by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority's Subantarctic Resource Assessment Group.
Contact the AADC for further information.
Quality
Quality information are recorded on a record by record basis.
Access
Associated fisheries operational data are commercial in confidence. Data access is contingent on agreement by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority's Subantarctic Resource Assessment Group.
Contact the AADC for further information.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1990-01-01 - Stop date:
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
Additional Keywords
- Longline
- Patagonian Toothfish
- Mackerel Icefish
- Champsocephalus
- Dissostichus
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > BANZARE BANK
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- SHIPS
Instruments
- TRAWL
- MIDWATER TRAWLS
Researchers
- lamb, tim (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- robertson, troy (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- welsford, dirk (INVESTIGATOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADFishDatabase when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
Metadata Revision History
2009-04-02 - record updated by Dirk Welsford to add information about the updated dataset, and also to remove the links to the dataset on the AADC servers, and to point the record at the copy held on the fishing database servers. 2012-06-19 - record updated by Dave Connell to link back to the AADC copy, as the link for the fishing database servers does not work. The file isn't available outside the AAD. 2014-09-10 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2015-02-04 - record updated by Dave Connell to add Dirk Welsford. 2016-08-24 - record updated by Dave Connell to remove links to AADC copy of database (as it's very out of date), and refer to the copy maintained by Tim Lamb. 2019-04-01 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance. 2025-04-08 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
