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Summaries of AFMA log book data on effort distribution for Commonwealth fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone

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Title  Summaries of AFMA log book data on effort distribution for Commonwealth fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
Date
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Date  2016-03-04
Date type  publication: date identifies when the resource was issued
Abstract 

This data set contains summaries of AFMA log book data on effort distribution for Commonwealth fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (excluding Cocos and Christmas Islands, Norfolk Island and the Sub-Antarctic Fisheries). The logbook data has been recorded and submitted to AFMA by commercial fishers. The data has been aggregated to produce summaries of total effort by gear type (summarised across fishery), over 5 year periods and at a 0.1 degree resolution where 5 boats or more operate. All effort information has been removed for areas where less than 5 boats operate and these areas are mapped to a 1 degree resolution.

The 5 years periods (1996-2000, 2001-2005 and 2006-2010) correspond to State of Environment (SoE) Reporting, required under the EPBC Act 1999. The most recent reporting period (2011-14) is a four year period. Each is labelled by the years aggregated (ie 2001-2005) and the gear type (ie LLP = long line pelagic). The gear codes and aggregated fisheries and the shape file field descriptions are listed below.

Notes:

1. Care needs to be taken when interpreting the fishing effort maps because in areas where there are less than 5 boats operating only the fishing footprint is displayed, consistent with the AFMA Information Disclosure Policy. The fishing footprint indicates that fishing occurred but does not provide information about the intensity of effort (number of operations etc).

2. Legal fishing by foreign flagged vessels occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s in the Australian Fishing Zone. These are shown as areas of higher effort in (i) trawl maps prior to 1990 north of Arnhem Land and (ii) pelagic longline maps up until 1997 south of Tasmania.

3. Minor line was historically recorded as a method in some of AFMA’s daily fishing logbooks, but is not in AFMAs current fishery logbooks. Minor line means trolling, or fishing using a rod or reel, handline or pole.

4. Trawl effort maps are missing Torres Strait Prawn Fishery data prior to 2004.

5. Gillnet effort maps prior to 1996 are not included due to data incompleteness.

6. Jigging data is currently incomplete and is not included.

7. Three records of Danish Seine were misreported (between 1996 and 2010) in the area of the Great Barrier Reef and have been removed.

8. Minor line was historically recorded as a method in some of AFMA’s daily fishing logbooks, but is not in AFMAs current fishery logbooks. Minor line means trolling, or fishing using a rod or reel, handline or pole.

9. Disclaimer:

The data provided by AFMA may contain errors or be incomplete. AFMA makes no warranty or representation that the data is accurate or complete. Those who choose to use this data should make their own enquiries as to its accuracy and completeness and AFMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the data provided, or for any decision by a person who chooses to rely on the data.

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Field descriptions for shapefiles:

CSQ_CODE: C-Squares code. 1 degree and 0.1 degree grids used

CSQ_RESLN: C-Squares resolution of current polygon

VESSELS: Number of vessels

OPERATIONS: Number of operations

HOURS: Effort in hours from start and end time

HOOKSSET: Total hooks set

NUMLINES: Number of lines deployed

NETLENGTH: Gillnet Net Length

Fishery Aggregations

GEAR_CODE_CSIRO GEAR_CODE_CSIRO_DESCN FISHERY NAME

AL Auto Longline CSF Coral Sea Fishery

AL Auto Longline GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

AL Auto Longline SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

AL Auto Longline TUN Tuna Fishery

BL Demersal Longline CSF Coral Sea Fishery

BL Demersal Longline ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

BL Demersal Longline GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

BL Demersal Longline SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

BL Demersal Longline SSF Southern Shark Fishery

BL Demersal Longline SSG Southern Shark Gillnet Fishery

BL Demersal Longline SSH Southern Shark Hook Fishery

DS Danish Seine GAB Great Australian Bight Fishery

DS Danish Seine SET South East Trawl Fishery

DS Danish Seine VIT Victorian Inshore Trawl Fishery

DS Danish Seine WDW Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery

GN Gillnet ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

GN Gillnet GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

GN Gillnet SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

GN Gillnet SSF Southern Shark Fishery

GN Gillnet SSG Southern Shark Gillnet Fishery

GN Gillnet SSH Southern Shark Hook Fishery

HL Handline CSF Coral Sea Fishery

HL Handline ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

HL Handline GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

HL Handline SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

HL Handline SSF Southern Shark Fishery

HL Handline SSG Southern Shark Gillnet Fishery

HL Handline SSH Southern Shark Hook Fishery

HL Handline TUN Tuna Fishery

HL Handline WTB Western Tuna and Billfish

HL Handline WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

J Jigging SPF Small Pelagic Fishery

J Jigging SQJ Southern Squid Fishery

J Jigging SQD Squid Fishery

J Jigging SSF Southern Shark Fishery

J Jigging SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

LLP Pelagic Longline ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

LLP Pelagic Longline TUN Tuna Fishery

LLP Pelagic Longline WTB Western Tuna and Billfish

LLP Pelagic Longline WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

ML Minor Line ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

ML Minor Line WTB Western Tuna and Billfish

ML Minor Line WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

PB Pole & Bait TUN Tuna Fishery

PB Pole & Bait ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

PB Pole & Bait GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

PB Pole & Bait JMF Jack Mackerel Fishery

PB Pole & Bait SBT Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery

PB Pole & Bait SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

PB Pole & Bait WTB Western Tuna and Billfish

PB Pole & Bait WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

PS Purse Seine ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

PS Purse Seine EST Eastern Skipjack Fishery

PS Purse Seine JMF Jack Mackerel Fishery

PS Purse Seine SBT Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery

PS Purse Seine SPF Small Pelagic Fishery

PS Purse Seine TUN Tuna Fishery

PS Purse Seine WST Western Skipjack Fishery

PS Purse Seine WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

TL Trotline CSF Coral Sea Fishery

TL Trotline ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

TL Trotline GHT Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery

TL Trotline SEN South East Non-Trawl Fishery

TL Trotline TUN Tuna Fishery

TR Trolling CSF Coral Sea Fishery

TR Trolling ECT Eastern Tuna & Billfish Fishery

TR Trolling SSF Southern Shark Fishery

TR Trolling TSF Torres Strait Fishery

TR Trolling WTF Southern & Western Tuna & Billfish Fishery

TW Trawling CSF Coral Sea Fishery

TW Trawling ECD East Coast Deepwater Trawl Fishery

TW Trawling GAB Great Australian Bight Fishery

TW Trawling JMF Jack Mackerel Fishery

TW Trawling NPF Northern Prawn Fishery

TW Trawling NWS North West Slope Trawl Fishery

TW Trawling SET South East Trawl Fishery

TW Trawling SPF Small Pelagic Fishery

TW Trawling STR South Tasman Rise Fishery

TW Trawling TSP Torres Strait Prawn Fishery

TW Trawling TUN Tuna Fishery

TW Trawling VIT Victorian Inshore Trawl Fishery

TW Trawling WDW Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery

Credit  National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
Resource maintenance
Maintenance information
Maintenance and update frequency  annually: data is updated every year
Descriptive keywords 
Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish (theme).
Resource constraints
Security constraints
Classification  unclassified: available for general disclosure
Resource constraints
Commons License
Current License
Jurisdiction: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Attribution Constraints  Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub - The Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment (DOE).
Language  English
Character set  utf8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category
Topic category code  environment
Topic category
Topic category code  oceans
Extent
Extent
Geographic element
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
East bound
South bound
Polygon((108 -50,170 -50,170 -7,108 -7,108 -50))
Distribution and On-line Resource(s)
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Auto Long Line fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Demersal Long Line fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Danish Seine fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Gillnet fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Hand Line fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Pelagic Long Line fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Pole fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Purse Seine fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Trotline fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Trolling fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  DATA ACCESS - Trawling fishery WMS
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  Point of truth URL of this metadata record
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project C1 website
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project C1 website
OnLine resource
OnLine resource  NESP Project C1 [ANDS RDA record]
Data quality info
Data quality
Scope
Scope
Hierarchy level  dataset: information applies to the dataset
Metadata constraints
Security constraints
Classification  unclassified: available for general disclosure
Metadata Info
File identifier  aa53a4df-7fe6-46d1-93b7-2d3732f4883e
Metadata language  English
Character set  utf8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier  NESP MB Project C1 - Improving our understanding of pressures on the marine environment
Hierarchy level  dataset: information applies to the dataset
Contact
Individual name  Piers Dunstan
Organisation name  CSIRO Marine and Amospheric Research
Position name  Research Scientist
Role  pointOfContact: party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Contact Information
Contact
Address
Address
Delivery point  GPO BOx 1538
City  Hobart
Administrative area  Tasmania
Postal code  7001
Country  Australia
Electronic mail address  piers.dunstan@csiro.au
Date stamp  2016-03-04
Metadata standard name  Australian Marine Community Profile of ISO 19115:2005/19139
Metadata standard version  1.5-experimental
Revision Date  2017-09-05T15:00:18