The elasmobranch bycatch of the Gulf of Papua Prawn Fishery is investigated in detail for the first time. Fisheries observers collected data on the elasmobranch bycatch from a total of 403 trawl sets (1,273 hrs) in the Gulf of Papua. A total of 40 species of elasmobranchs were recorded ranging in size from a 12 cm disc width stingray to a 350 cm total length sawfish

Citation: W. T . White, L. Baje, C. A. Simpfendorfer, S. A. Appleyard, A. Chin, B. Sabub, E. Rochel & G. J. P . Naylor (2019) Elasmobranch bycatch in the demersal prawn trawl fishery in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea. Scientific Reports, 9. 9254. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45715-w

Published: August 23, 2022 at 23:21

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

Will White
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre

1,074

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters	16		1.5%
minimumDepthInMeters	17		1.6%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		16	1.5%

Elasmobranch bycatch in the demersal prawn trawl fishery in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea (2014-2015)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data