Courageous Cruise 008 Biological Data overview, 1976

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 008. The data were obtained from waters off the New South Wales and Victoria coasts, in Bass Strait, and off the east coast of Tasmania, in April and May 1976. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys of Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and other demersal and pelagic fish including Maurolicus muelleri. 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).