Fishing Database of Euryhaline Elasmobranchs: Northern Australian Survey

Survey data from the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A1 includes catch records, biological data, and water quality measurements. Sampling was conducted using gillnets and rod-and-line in the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Selected animals were tagged for acoustic telemetry studies, and tissue samples were collected for genetic analysis.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat use and movement ecology based on acoustic telemetry tagging data.
• Analyzing population genetics and kinship using collected tissue samples.
• Assessing catch composition and species distribution from survey effort and catch records.
• Investigating relationships between water quality parameters and elasmobranch presence.

Strengths

• Data integrates multiple modalities: catch records, biological samples, water quality, and telemetry.
• Surveys cover two distinct geographic regions: the Top End (NT) and the Kimberley (WA).
• Project is part of a national research program (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub) focused on threatened species.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the surveyed regions of northern Australia.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Surveys using gillnets and rod-and-line, with acoustic telemetry tagging and tissue sampling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 21:37:19.101082; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Australian rivers, estuaries, and coasts, specifically the Top End region (Northern Territory) and the Kimberley region (Western Australia).