NESP MaC Project 1.25 - Sawfish bycatch mitigation workshop for northern Australian fisher

A 2021-2022 workshop coordinated by the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub brought together fishery managers, biologists, researchers, and traditional owners to address sawfish bycatch in northern Australia. Outputs include a final technical report with analyzed data and a graphical summary of the workshop findings. The graphical summaries are available as PNG images under a Creative Commons Non-commercial license.

Use Cases

• Developing a nationwide monitoring strategy for sawfish based on workshop recommendations.
• Assessing the effectiveness of recovery plan actions for sawfish based on workshop-derived data recording methods.
• Informing policy decisions on bycatch mitigation using the analyzed data and key findings from the technical report.
• Communicating workshop outcomes and stakeholder perspectives using the available graphical summaries.

Strengths

• Includes outputs from a multi-stakeholder workshop involving government, research, and traditional owner groups.
• Graphical summaries are available under a Creative Commons Non-commercial license, facilitating sharing.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.

Collection Method

Data and summaries were generated from a coordinated workshop.

Time Range

2021-2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 22:28:59.827302; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Australia