Annual weight of all discarded and/or dead species (kg) from Australian fisheries. The data measures the total weight of fish and other marine species caught but returned to the water, providing an overall measure of fishery discarding. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-22.
Use Cases
- Monitor fishery sustainability based on annual discard weight.
- Assess the impact of fishing practices on marine ecosystems based on total discard metrics.
- Model population dynamics for stock assessments using discard data as an input.
Strengths
- Provides a standardized annual metric for fishery discarding.
- Managed by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-22 02:42:18.367491; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia (inferred from platform)