Fish Bycatch samples were collected for CSIRO from trawls between March and December 1983.These trawls were part of a 12 month survey of the tiger prawn fishery of southeastern Gulf of Carpentaria carried out by Queensland Department of Primary Industry. The vessels involved were the 'Gwendolyn May' and Shirley Ross' which fished each month for four nights on either side of the new moon, using 6-fathom nets (Florida Flyers, with a Texas drop chain rig) with a cod-end mesh of 45 mm. This data was then used to compare demersal fish community with that found from Munro's 1962-65 data (Poiner and Harris 1986).

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Diamantina cruise Dm 1/63. This cruise took place in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia during 28 March to 27 April 1963, under the leadership of D. Tranter. Biological data collected on this cruise include primary production rates; pigment samples; zooplankton biomass; particulate carbon values; and micronekton samples. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Diamantina cruise Dm 4/62. This cruise took place in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia during 15 October to 13 November 1962, under the leadership of H. Jitts. Biological data collected on this cruise include primary production rates; pigment samples; zooplankton biomass and micronekton samples. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Diamantina cruise Dm 3/62. This cruise took place in the south-west Indian Ocean off Western Australia during 24 September to 6 October 1962, under the leadership of D. Tranter. Biological data collected on this cruise include primary production rates; pigment samples; zooplankton biomass and micronekton samples. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Diamantina cruise Dm 2/63. This cruise took place in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia during 6 May to 3 June 1963, under the leadership of H. Jitts. Biological data collected on this cruise include primary production rates; pigment samples; zooplankton biomass; particulate carbon values; and micronekton samples. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Diamantina cruise Dm 3/63. This cruise took place in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia during 9 July to 11 August 1963, under the leadership of B. Newell. Biological data collected on this cruise include primary production rates; pigment samples; zooplankton biomass; particulate carbon values; and micronekton samples. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

The mobile invertebrate and fish biodiversity of the 50,000 km² area of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent shelf seabed was sampled by a 1 km tow of a 8 fthm otter trawl (single high-flying Florida Flyer) at 148 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during one 1-month-long voyage on the QDPIF vessel Gwendoline May. About 1,550 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 11,325 site-by-species records.

The benthic invertebrate, plant and fish biodiversity of the 50,000 km² area of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent shelf seabed was sampled by a 200 m tow of a 1.5 m epibenthic sled at 166 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during one 1-month-long voyage on the James Cook University vessel James Kirby. More than 1,550 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 8,569 site-by-species records. A pipe-dredge was attached to the sled to collect sediment samples: a 500 ml subsample was processed for particle size and carbonate by Geoscience Australia; another 500 ml subsample was sieved on 1 mm mesh and preserved in 10% Formalin - Rose Bengal solution.

The mobile invertebrate and fish biodiversity of the 200,000 km² area of the GBR shelf seabed was sampled by a 1 km tow of a 8 fthm otter trawl (single high-flying Florida Flyer) at 458 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during four 1-month-long voyages on the QDPIF vessel Gwendoline May. More than 4,800 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 42,813 site-by-species records.