Fish Behavior and Catch Rates Before and After a 2015 Marine Seismic Survey in Australia

April 2015 data from a 2-D seismic survey in the Gippsland Basin, Bass Strait, Australia, used to quantify fish behavior and commercial catch rates. The dataset, published in Marine Environmental Research in 2018, includes acoustic tagging data for three shark species and logbook catch data for 15 species from January 2012 to October 2015. It was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling changes in commercial catch rates for 15 species based on logbook data before and after a seismic event.
• Analyzing behavioral responses like swimming speed and diel movement patterns from acoustic tagging data.
• Comparing fish detection and presence in experimental versus control zones during a seismic survey period.

Strengths

• Includes a multi-year time series of commercial catch data from January 2012 to October 2015.
• Combines field-based acoustic tagging for three species with desktop analysis of logbook data for 15 species.
• Study design incorporates both an experimental and a control zone for comparison.

Limitations

• Behavioral data were limited as many acoustically tagged sharks left the receiver array before the seismic survey commenced.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, data_gov_au

Collection Method

Field-based acoustic tagging and monitoring combined with analysis of Commonwealth fisheries logbook data.

Time Range

Primary study in April 2015, with catch data from January 2012 to October 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 18:57:57.582533; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Bass Strait, Australia