Fisheries - Aerial Sightings of Pelagic Fish
1. Identification information
Status
Ongoing
Data Collection Date
Summary
Data has been gathered since 1976 from spotter pilots identifying schools of fin fish for commercial seine netters.
Content
Estimates of number of schools and school size for skipjack, kahawai, trevally, blue mackerel and jack mackerel. Also includes notes on marine mammal sightings.
Study Types
- Monitoring
Categories
- Fish
- Marine Mammals
2. Contact information
Commissioning Agencies
- Ministry of Fisheries
- Ministry for Primary Industries
Contact Organisations
- Ministry for Primary Industries
3. Spatial information
Geographic Coverage
Grid Coordinates
Locations
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NameRegionalNZMG Easting2643002NZMG Northing6355382Location
4. Data acquisition information
Collection Date
1976 - present
Methodology
Varied, see report attached.
5. Data quality information
Known Limitations
6. Distribution information
Format
Attached report summarises data.
Applications
Availability
7. Status information
Data Status
8. Metadata information
General Notes
Related Links
Publications
- Taylor, P.R. (2014): Developing indices of relative abundance from observational aerial sightings of inshore pelagic finfish; Part 1, exploring the data. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2014/34. 66 p. Attached below.
- Doonan, I. & Taylor, P.R. (2014): Developing indices of relative abundance from observational aerial sightings of inshore pelagic finfish; Part 2, expanding the dataset and producing annual indices for KAH 1 and TRE 1. Fisheries Assessment Report 2014/35.
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