Red-Legged Banana Prawn Tag-Recapture Data from Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, 1997-1998

18,013 red-legged banana prawns were tagged and released in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in 1997 and 1998, with 1,428 recaptures documented. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides this data to analyze prawn movement patterns between shallow and deep waters. Analysis is based on compartment models of recaptures per unit of fishing effort.

Use Cases

• Modeling prawn migration patterns based on tag recapture locations.
• Estimating growth and mortality rates based on the tagged population and recapture counts.
• Testing hypotheses about continuous vs. return movement to shallower waters based on recapture and logbook data.
• Analyzing commercial fishery impact using combined tag and logbook information.

Strengths

• Substantial sample size with 18,013 tagged prawns.
• Recapture data for 1,428 individuals provides a basis for movement analysis.
• Data combines experimental tagging with commercial fishery logbooks.

Limitations

• 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

Collection Method

Tagging and recapture of prawns, combined with commercial fishery logbook data.

Time Range

1997, 1998

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:38:35.811346; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf