This dataset comprises catch compositions and trawl locations from a cruise of the Russian fishery research vessel "Tichookeanscy" carried out in Australian waters between October 1977 and January 1978, containing 45 demersal trawls from the Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, off the Furneaux Group and off SE Tasmania. Most records include catch composition by species (presence/absence but not weight), also some data on length frequency, maturity and diet of commercially important species. The data were obtained by exchange with Soviet scientists in the mid 1990s and has had CSIRO species codes incorporated. The dataset is now in an Oracle database in Hobart, and analyses/summaries of the data are given in the accompanying report (see References). Please note, according to the report there are only 29 trawls from this voyage from January 1978 only, however in the actual dataset there are 45 trawls commencing in October 1977. A MS Access version of the dataset has been compiled for use within the North West Shelf-JEMS study. This version is available on-line for researchers in the NWS-JEMS study (see data links). The data are also accessible to authorised users via CMR's "Data Trawler" application. A username and password is required to access this dataset.
