Topic Other Data

Currency 1998

• Turtles Catches 1996 - 1997 - Summary of total number of turtles caught by trawlers during 1996 and 1997.. Information courtesy of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. From summary of fishing fleet logbooks. [Dataset] [Project: TSCP97] ref: D99

Currency 1996

• Bird Diversity/Island - Colour coded event map of bird species diversity over 80 islands and cays within Torres Strait. Information adapted from 1982 survey by R.Draffan (JCUni). Note that the database contains unchecked island, reef and cay names which may be useful for labelling purposes. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D40
• Pearlshell Fishery - Pearlshell fishery (polygon features) as scheduled in the Torres Strait Protected Zone Handout (1993 - 1996). [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D38
• Turtle Fishery - Turtle fishery (polygon features) as scheduled in the Torres Strait Protected Zone Handout (1993 - 1996). [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D35
• Barramundi Fishery - Barramundi Fishery polygons as detailed in the Torres Handbook 1995. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D25
• Fish transect survey - Fish statistics (Tifish.dbf events)as collected during fish transect dives on the Feb. 1995 Reef Resouce Inventory cruise of East Torres Strait in collaboration with Australian Institute of Marine Science. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D20
• Fish Weight Survey - Experimental trawls (mpfishwt.dbf event) of Central Torres Strait from 1985 to 1986. Statistics of number of each catch species calculated as kg caught/ hectare. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D19
• Fish spot dives - Fish statistics (Fishspot.dbf event)as collected during spot dives on the Feb. 1995 Reef Resouce Inventory cruise of East Torres Strait in collaboration with Australian Institute of Marine Science. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D18
• Fish Count Survey - Experimental trawls (mpfishno.dbf events) of Central Torres Strait from 1985 to 1986. Statistics of number of each catch species calculated as number caught / hectare. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D17
• Pearlshell Abundance - Graduated point symbols (bubble plot) of pearlshell abundance (per hectare) as derived from number of pearls sighted per transect during the 1989 lobster survey. (lobster.dbf) [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D12
• Torres Communities - Community census and traditional catch data (1983 - 1989) of Torres Strait communities derived from Mppop.dbf . 16 TS communities with statistics. [Dataset] [Project: Gis93-96] ref: D5