Fish catches from Rectangular Midwater Trawl - data collected from the BROKE-West voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2006

This dataset gives an overview of the fish (larvae) caught in the RMT 8+1 (Rectangular Midwater Trawl composed of nets with an 8 square metre and 1 square metre net opening surface area respectivly). For correct deployment procedure please see the'krill catches' document available for download at the URL given below.

Columns
'sheet' : 'Samples'
Station number: Station number as attributed by Krill group
Trawl type: Routine or Target Trawl
Start Latitude: Latitudinal position at start of trawl (decimal notation)
Start Longitude: Longitudinal position at start of trawl (decimal notation)
Start Date: Date at the start of the trawl
Start Time: Time (UTC) at start of the trawl
End Latitude: Latitudinal position at end of trawl (decimal notation)
End Longitude: Longitudinal position at end of trawl (decimal notation)
End Date: Date at the end of the trawl
End Time: Time (UTC) at the end of the trawl
Net Size: Size of the net from which the sample was collected
Sample number: Individual Sample code as Used by anton van de Putte
Bar Code: bar code as used by AAD
Family: Taxonomic family to which the sample belongs
Species: Name of species
Species short: abbrivation of speciesname, format Genus species==Gen_spe example Electrona antarctica=Ele_ant
SL:Standarlength of the specimen (mm)
TL: Total length of the specimen (mm)

Preservation: preservaion method of sample: Ethanol (sample stored in 100% ethanol), Formalin (sample stored in 4% formalin solution) -80 degrees (sample stored in deep frezer at -80 degrees C).

This work was completed as part of ASAC projects 2655 and 2679 (ASAC_2655, ASAC_2679).