Sea Around Us Project - Relative demersal fish abundance inferred from commercial catch data, northwestern Australia (1997-2006)

This dataset describes the relative abundance of an assemblage of commercially exploited demersal fishes in northwestern Australia, mapped over a 30 arc-minute (0.5 degree) spatial grid. The data cover the period 1997-2006 and are derived from an analysis of commercial landings available through the Sea Around Us Project (http://www.seaaroundus.org/). Further methodological details can be found in the following peer-reviewed publication, which applies the same analysis to a suite of mobile pelagic species: Bouchet PJ, Meeuwig JJ, Huang Z, Letessier TB, Nichol SL, Caley MJ, Watson RA. 2016. Continental-scale hotspots of pelagic fish abundance inferred from commercial catch records. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

Below is a full list of species/genera/families considered, with their respective contributions to the total catch (%):

Mustelus -- 26.1948% Platycephalidae -- 23.3191% Seriolella -- 10.8968% Sillaginidae -- 9.4242% Genypterus blacodes -- 5.8347% Pristiophorus -- 4.4934% Tetraodontidae -- 4.3235% Nemadactylus -- 4.2784% Squatinidae -- 3.6071% Mugilidae -- 3.181% Sparidae -- 2.7037% Chelidonichthys kumu -- 0.7146% Rajiformes -- 0.4497% Pterygotrigla polyommata -- 0.3911% Scorpaenidae -- 0.1292% Callorhinchus milii -- 0.0367% Rhombosolea -- 0.0046% Pleuronectiformes -- 0.0034% Leiognathidae -- 0.003% Lates calcarifer -- 0.0029% Ariidae -- 0.0025% Sciaenidae -- 0.0017% Nemipteridae -- 0.0014% Nemipterus -- 0.0014% Upeneus -- 0.001%

Data will be attached to this record once analyses are completed, est. December 2016.

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MAP - Relative Demersal Fish Abundance

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Étendue temporelle	1997-01-01 – 2006-12-31
Date (creation)	2016-06-15
Statut	completed
Fréquence de mise à jour	asNeeded
Langue des métadonnées	en
Licence	The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Western Australia and the University of Tasmania.
Métadonnées sources	ISO 19115 XML
Dernière mise à jour	2026-11-12
Créé	2026-11-12
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