The Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) survey was a pilot study undertaken in August 2012 as part of the National Marine Biodiversity Hub's National monitoring evaluation and reporting theme. The aim of this theme is to develop a blueprint for the sustained monitoring of the South-east CMR Network. The particular aims of the survey were twofold; 1) to contribute to an inventory of demersal and epibenthic conservation values in the reserve and 2) to test methodologies and deployment strategies in order to inform future survey design efforts. Several gear types were deployed; including multibeam sonar, shallow-water (less than 150m) Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS), deep- water BRUVS (to 600 m), towed video and digital stereo stills. This resource contains the deep-water BRUVS footage captured on the slope (~500m depth) of two sites: the Flinders CMR and the adjacent Cape Barren fisheries closure. At each site 3 stereo deepBRUVS were deployed over a 3-day period, during which they recorded between 11 and 15 1-hour sampling events each.

The Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) survey was a pilot study undertaken in August 2012 as part of the National Marine Biodiversity Hub's National monitoring evaluation and reporting theme. The aim of this theme is to develop a bluepint for the sustained monitoring of the South-east CMR Network. The particular aims of the survey were twofold; 1) to contribute to an inventory of demersal and epibenthic conservation values in the reserve and 2) to test methodologies and deployment strategies in order to inform future survey design efforts. Several gear types were deployed; including multibeam sonar, shallow-water (less than 150m) Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS), deep- water BRUVS (to 600 m), towed video and digital stereo stills. This resource contains the video and stereo still image data collected using a towed system (towed stereo camera system - TSCS). The TSCS was deployed using a probabalistic and spatially balanced survey design called Generalized Random Tessellation Stratified (GRTS). Habitats on the shelf were identified in a previous multibeam survey and consisted of 'mixed reef' (containing patchy reef) and sand. Mixed reef habitat was targeted in this survey (9 GRTS mixed reef sites versus 3 sand sites). Two roughly perpendicular TSCS tows were performed in each of those shelf GRTS sites. On the slope, down-slope (150-500 m depth) transect sites were classified by proportion of hard, soft and mixed bottom types based on multi-beam sonar (MBS) backscatter data. Transects with higher proportion of hard substrates were chosen using a GRTS approach. 7 transects were completed in the Flinders CMR, 5 transects in the adjacent Cape Barren Fisheries closure and two targeted transects were completed in a canyon to the north, where large coral bycatch had been reported from fisheries.

These data were collected as part of a National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub project (Theme 1 National Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting, Project 2 Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth Waters) undertaken in the Solitary Islands Region in August 2012. The Solitary Islands Key Ecological Feature (KEF) field survey had two broad objectives: 1) deploy and demonstrate various non-destructive field methods and 2) compare sampling patterns. These data comprise those collected using stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video (stereo-BRUV). Four sixty minute stereo-BRUV drop replicates were deployed at two sites at each of five locations: 40 Acres Reef, Split Bommie, Patch, South and Relic Reef. There were 40 drops in total (4 x 2 x 5). An additional 23 drops were deployed at one of the locations (40 Acres Reef) to examine spatial autocorrelation.

These data were collected as part of a National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub project (Theme 1 National Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting, Project 2 Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth Waters) undertaken in the Solitary Islands Region in August 2012. The Solitary Islands Key Ecological Feature (KEF) field survey had two broad objectives: 1) deploy and demonstrate various non-destructive field methods and 2) compare sampling patterns. These data comprise those collected using stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video (stereo-BRUV). Four sixty minute stereo-BRUV drop replicates were deployed at two sites at each of five locations: 40 Acres Reef, Split Bommie, Patch, South and Relic Reef. There were 40 drops in total (4 x 2 x 5). An additional 23 drops were deployed at one of the locations (40 Acres Reef) to examine spatial autocorrelation.

63 BRUV deployments were undertaken as part of the "Shell and INPEX Operational and Scientific Monitoring Program (OSMP) Applied Research Program 5 (ARP5) - Establishing the basis to evaluate the effects of an oil spill on commercially important demersal fishes". These were analysed at Curtin University by Euan Harvey and Damon Driessen to determine species composition and size of adult fishes. This will assist in attaining an improved baseline understanding of the status and spatial variability in populations of commercially and ecologically important finfish of the Browse Basin region. This sampling was centered on the Prelude/Ichthys development. The videos have been uploaded to CSIRO DAP for archive. Sampling: Deployment duration (min): 60 Sampling: Bait type: Pilchards Sampling: Bait quantity (g): 800 Sampling: Bait consistency: Mushed Sampling: Minimum separation distance of samples (m): 250 Sampling: Camera type: SONY HDR CX7 and CX12 Sampling: Camera configuration: Stereo Sampling: Frame type: Steel Annotation: Upload type: EventMeasure database output Annotation: Annotation tool/software: EventMeasure-stereo Annotation: Taxa that have been ID'd: Fish only Annotation: Lengths measured for: All fish Annotation: Type of Length measure: Fork length