Dataset

Black rockcod Underwater Visual Census (UVC) data from northern NSW and Lord Howe Island 2023-24 (NESP MaC 3.14), Tasman Sea, Australia

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Broadscale surveys of black rockcod were first conducted using the diver Underwater Visual Census (UVC) technique in 2009-11 when 83 sites were sampled from Port Stephens to Cook Island in far northern NSW, including the waters of Lord Howe Island. The NESP Marine and Coastal Hub project 3.14 (https://www.nespmarinecoastal.edu.au/project/3-14/) funded the repeat of these broadscale surveys in 2023, with 8 additional sites (91 total) sampled using the same technique.

Citation: Harasti, D., Malcolm, H., Louden, H., and Cadiou, G. (2025). Black rockcod Underwater Visual Census (UVC) data from northern NSW and Lord Howe Island 2023-24 [Data set]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/7FJK-7A69

Published: May 14, 2025 at 06:17

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=black_rockcod_uvc_202324

Contacts:

David Harasti
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

437
occurrence records
174
measurements and facts
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
minimumDepthInMeters 185
42.3%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 20
4.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data