Courageous Cruise 007 Biological Data overview, 1976

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 007. The data were obtained from waters off the New South Wales coast, Bass Strait and around the Tasmanian coast during March and April 1976. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and Maurolicus muelleri and other demersal and pelagic fish. Data on gut fullness and contents were also obtained. No specimens with mature gonads were taken. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise summary for this voyage.(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).