Heard Island and McDonald Islands Random Stratified Trawl Survey (RSTS) strata
A trawl survey is conducted each year at Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) to assess the abundance and biology of fish and invertebrate species. The survey provides information for input into the stock assessments for the two main fished species, Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), and mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari). In addition, it provides information on biodiversity and bycatch species from the fishery.
Nine strata were defined as areas for sampling during the annual Random Stratified Trawl Survey (RSTS) conducted on board an industry vessel. The area of the plateau down to 1000 metres depth was divided into nine strata, each covering an area of similar depth and/or fish abundance. A number of randomly allocated stations (between 10 and 30) are sampled in each stratum during every survey to assess the abundance of juvenile and adult toothfish on the shallow and deep parts of the Heard Island Plateau (300 to 1000 metres depth) and to assess the abundance of mackerel icefish on the Heard Island Plateau.
Although the number and boundaries of strata have been adjusted over the years, they have been consistent since 2002 (Welsford et al. 2006).
This dataset consists of a polygon shapefile representing the strata and a map displaying the strata.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands Random Stratified Trawl Survey (RSTS) strata
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-01-06
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Other citation details
- Confidential data - restricted
- Purpose
- To provide information for input into fish stock assessments.
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2002-01-01
- Title
- Review of the use of survey data and length-at-age models in the assessment of Dissostichus eleginoides in the vicinity of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2)
- Date (Publication)
- 2006
Author
Publisher
- Name
- WG-FSA 06/44 CCAMLR
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
- Keywords
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- Fishing
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- TRAWL
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- SHIPS
- R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- AMD
- CEOS
- SOOS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- This dataset is not publicly available. Anyone wishing to use this dataset should contact Dr Dirk Welsford at the Australian Antarctic Division.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=HIMI_RSTS_Strata when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Units of distribution
- Kb
- Transfer size
- 346
- Distribution format
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- shapefile, png
- OnLine resource
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Access point for the data (not publicly available)
- OnLine resource
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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset.
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2016-01-06 Record processed by David Smith from information provided by Gabrielle Nowara.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/HIMI_RSTS_Strata
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 490fa137-e35e-43ee-baa3-659cd0fcd787
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2016-01-21T15:39:13
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/HIMI_RSTS_Strata
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2016-01-06T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile