Rabbitfish fishery and spawning aggregation surveys in the Seychelles

This dataset contains fish density and fishery data for a rabbitfish species (Siganus sutor) in the Republic of Seychelles. Fish density was estimated at spawning aggregations and in non-reproductive habitat between November 2013 and May 2014 using 20 min timed-swim surveys by divers using stereo-video. From 60 random samples of resulting video frames, two metrics of density were derived: MaxN and Presence. On the same days as fish density surveys, observations of two fishers targeting the species using fish traps were also undertaken, with individual fisher catch and effort data collected and used to estimate catch-per-unit-effort. Other fishery information collected includes fishing effort density, soak time, trap type and fishing depth. Underwater visibility data were also derived from survey video data, while an index of current strength was derived from satellite altimeter and scatterometer data.

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    This dataset contains fish density and fishery data for a rabbitfish species (Siganus sutor) in the Republic of Seychelles. Fish density was estimated at spawning aggregations and in non-reproductive habitat between November 2013 and May 2014 using 20 min timed-swim surveys by divers using stereo-video. From 60 random samples of resulting video frames, two metrics of density were derived: MaxN and Presence. On the same days as fish density surveys, observations of two fishers targeting the species using fish traps were also undertaken, with individual fisher catch and effort data collected and used to estimate catch-per-unit-effort. Other fishery information collected includes fishing effort density, soak time, trap type and fishing depth. Underwater visibility data were also derived from survey video data, while an index of current strength was derived from satellite altimeter and scatterometer data.

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      This dataset consists of a spreadsheet in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document formats (.ods)

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    • Siganidae
    • spawning aggregation
    • herbivory
    • catch-per-unit-effort
    • catchability
    • marine reserves
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
    People and Societies in the Tropics
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  • Start Date 2013/10/01
  • End Date 2014/06/15
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  • Locations
    • Seychelles
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    Physical Location ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811 Australia - Building 32, Room 109 (Machine Name C02PN1B5G3QN) Data is also stored in the secure data section of the Tropical Data Hub (TDH) archive - eResearch Centre, James Cook University.
    The Data Manager is: Jan Robinson
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    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
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    The data will be licensed under CC BY-NC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 AU
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      Jan Robinson
    Citation Robinson, Jan; Graham, Nicholas (2016): Rabbitfish fishery and spawning aggregation surveys in the Seychelles. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/571EB18AA6AB7