Collection of deep sea fish earbones (Otoliths) - Blue Grenadier, 180 pairs, collected in 2003, from Western Tasmanian Waters. - Orange Roughy, 21 pairs, collected 2000, from Albany, Western Australia. - Orange Roughy, 1040 pairs, collected 2002, from the South Tasman Rise. These specimens were collected for future CMAR research analyses as required.

Biological data collected by FV Rehua during the transit from NZ to Devonport. Samples were collected with MIDOC net fitted to commercial trawl nets. In June 2009 scientific sampling of the Tasman Sea micronekton was carried out from a 65 metre factory freezer vessel, the FV Rehua, The voyage took place from Nelson New Zealand on the 17th 2009 June arriving in Devonport (Tasmania), Australia on the 22th June 2009. During the five day transit the vessel was under charter from Petuna Sealord to CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research for a total of 24 hrs. The charter time was approximately divided into eight three-hour deep-water deployments that formed three sets of day/night experiments. Three main sampling instruments were used: (1) Sampling of micronekton (primarily biota < 20 cm) was made from 1000 m depth to the surface in 5 sets of equally spaced (200 metre) strata using a fine-mesh multiple opening closing net system (MIDOC). This system was fitted to either the vessel's midwater or demersal commercial net. (2) The digitised return signal from the vessel's 38 kHz Simrad ES60 echosounder was logged for the duration of the voyage. This will allow us to map the along-transect acoustic reflectivity at 38 kHz of the Tasman Sea basin from the surface down to 1500 metres. (3) An Acoustic-Optically System (AOS) was attached to the headline of the demersal net to measure the acoustic reflectivity of individual biota at two frequencies (38 and 120 kHz) and record concurrent optical images using digital SLR still cameras and PAL video system. The AOS was deployed vertically down to 1000 metres depths on two occasions. On four occasions it was attached to the headline of the demersal net that had been fitted with the MIDOC cod-end.

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 6/87. This cruise took place in waters off the west and east coasts of Tasmania during 5-14 August 1987, under the leadership of John Gunn. Biological data collected on this cruise include weight, length frequency, stomach contents, sex and gonad stage of blue grenadier and orange roughy from demersal trawls. Blue grenadier and orange roughy larval fish samples. Acoustic data on the fish aggregations. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise plan and/or 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 Soela cruise SO 2/85. This cruise took place in waters off Tasmania, Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea (Cascade Plateau area) during 23 March - 21 April 1985, under the leadership of Ron Thresher and Steve Blaber. Biological data collected on this cruise include ichthyoplankton samples and fish samples from demersal and pelagic trawling. Electrophoretic samples of blue grenadier. EK 400 acoustic data of the Cascade Plateau area. Samples of fish including Orange Roughy, Ocean Perch, Spiky Dory, Blue Grenadier and Deep Sea Trevalla from the plateau area and a basalt sample for geological analysis.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 5/85. This cruise took place in waters off the Tasmanian coast, Bass Strait, Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland coasts during 12 September - 9 October 1985, under the leadership of Barry Bruce and Brian Griffiths. Biological data collected on this cruise include Blue Grenadier larvae from Sandy Cape to Storm Bay. Samples of ripe Blue Grenadier males. Taxonomic specimens from a deep shot to a depth of 1250 m north of Sandy Cape. Some specimens including a frill shark, two small seven gill sharks and two Schedophilus huttoni from the 12 demersal shots for MSL. One dogfish, and one trevalla sample. Seabird observation data and bird census at Cato Island. Biological oceanography data from temperate and subtropical waters.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 3/85. This cruise took place in waters off Tasmania and in the eastern Bass Strait during 23 May - 18 June 1985, under the leadership of T. Kenchington and Ron Thresher. Biological data collected on this cruise include ichthyoplankton samples. Demersal and pelagic fish including Lampanyctodes and Macruronus from trawls. Seabird observation data. Live and preserved specimens of various euphausid species for a collaborative study between Division of Fisheries Research and the University of Tasmania.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 5/87. This cruise took place in waters off the east and west coasts of Tasmania during 9-22 July 1987, under the leadership of Nick Elliott. Biological data collected on this cruise include orange roughy catches and catch rates for demersal trawl tows on the St Patrick's Head and the Sandy Cape grounds. Orange roughy length frequency, sex ratios, gonad maturation stage and stomach contents. 7 species of sharks and one unidentified species from the two fishing grounds including catch rates, length frequency, sex ratios and reproductive maturity stage of females. EK 400 acoustic survey data on the two fishing grounds. Hydrographic sampling from Sandy Cape to Storm Bay. Blue grenadier larvae samples from Sandy Cape to Tasman Head, and off Maria Island. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise plan and/or 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 Soela cruise SO 1/85. This cruise took place in Tasmanian waters and the eastern Bass Strait, under the leadership of T. Kenchington and Jock Young. Biological data collected on this cruise include demersal fish samples from trawling. Blue grenadier was the dominant species by weight. Morphometric and electrophoretic samples of blue grenadier. Juvenile blue grenadier samples. Pelagic samples from trawling included large catches of the lantern fish Lampanyctodes hectoris. Samples from longlining included small numbers of Brama brama, Rexea solandri, blue shark (Prionace glauca) and two Mako sharks (isurus oxyrhynchus). Ichthyoplankton and phytoplankton samples. Bottom fish samples. Seabird counts throughout the cruise, with several unusual species being observed. A large volume of cephalopod and other invertebrate samples (for National Museum of Victoria). Morphometric and electrophoretic samples of Helicolenus (for the University of Tasmania). Photographs of demersal and midwater fish species for taxonomic studies. Algal and zooplankton samples for biomass and species composition.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).