This data was collected to primarily provide preliminary information on the diets of ten pelagic fish species common to the Northern Prawn Fishery, specifically to investigate any effects of prawn predation by pelagic fish. After the project was initiated the scope of the study was broadened to investigate the age, growth (by otoliths) and reproductive dynamics (by GSI and histology) of these species. Tissue samples from at about 100 specimens representing each species were also taken and stored in DMSO solution and is available for any researcher wishing to undertake a genetic stock structure study. This study was solely funded by CMR as a pilot study. As a result of limited funds, fish specimens were collected opportunistically from recreational fisher donations, commercial catches and from bycatch samples from scientific cruises. As a result, the capture location of the majority of specimens does not have a lat/long, and is generally only identified by the general area of capture (i.e. 'Weipa' or 'Gladstone'). The method of capture was recorded to the best of our knowledge (i.e. hook and line, gillnet etc), although actual gear specifications and shot information were generally not available.

The NISB Habitat Map was created by the University of Tasmania for a partnership between the Department of Climate Change and the National Land and Water Resources Audit. It supports the DCC/Audit partnership by providing a nationally consistent set of the available mapping data for those habitats that occur between the approximate position of the highest astronomical tide mark (HAT) and the location of the outer limit of the photic benthic zone (approximately at the 50-70 m depth contour). This area is broadly equivalent to the 'inner' and 'mid-shelf' regions identified by Geoscience Australia. The resulting map data set forms a core component of the ECM National Habitat Map Series. The habitat classes include: coral reef, rock dominated habitat, sediment dominated habitat, mangroves, saltmarsh, seagrass, macroalgae and filter feeders (e.g. sponges), as defined in the NISB Habitat Classification Scheme. The scheme is designed to support the development of marine 'ecoregions' or bioregional subregions. Details of the scheme and the process of its development are available in National Intertidal/Subtidal Benthic (NISB) Habitat Classification Scheme Version 1 (Mount, Bricher and Newton, 2007). The NISB Habitat Map consists of two layers for each state. _NISB.shp consists of the entire available habitat mapping at a resolution finer than 1:50 000 (with a few exceptions, outlined in the data quality section below). _NISB_PLUS.shp consists of all the data in _NISB.shp along with coarser resolution data, including NVIS and OzEstuaries data. These layers were used to produce the National ECM Key Habitat Distribution Map Series 10 km and 50 km tile maps. NB This NSW layer is only _NISB.shp, not _NISB_PLUS.shp.

Noosa Bar - Queensland Data Attributes 2min video clip 16-25 frames per sec Video format: WMV/H264 codec 640 x 480 pixels or greater The camera is located on the southern training wall of the Noosa River mouth providing a good view of the entire entrance, the training wall and the beach and part of foredune immediately south of the wall. Beach is typically LTT-TBR with waves averaging 1 m (T=10 s. TR =1.42 m). 2min Windows Media video clips taken from 5am to 7pm Missing Data is listed below from 2008 to 2010 2008 - January all missing - February all missing - March all missing - April all missing - May 1-9 - June 21,22,23,28 - July 6,7,27 - August 11,24 - September 27-29 - November 12,25-31 - December all missing 2009 - January 18,23 - February 13 - March 1, 14-31 - April 10-30 - May 8-31 - June 2-30 - July all missing - August 1-30 - September 12-14,19 - October 1, 10-15, 24,25 2010 - January 2,3,6 - March 8,9,10,20,21 - April 25,26 - May 18 - June all missing - July all missing - August all missing - September all missing - October all missing - November all missing - December all missing Video clip taken while the camera is on tour.

This data is part of the 2013 report "Synthesis of seagrass mapping studies conducted by the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water".