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Fish rejections from the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery from January to June 2010

This dataset details fish catch and rejections for the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery between January 2010 to June 2010. The data summarises buyer records of accepted and rejected fish from fishers for the marine aquarium trade in Papua New Guinea. Reasons for rejection are also noted. This dataset underlies the findings of Militz et al. (2016) Fish Rejections in the Marine Aquarium Trade: An Initial Case Study Raises Concern for Village-Based Fisheries. PLoS ONE, 11(3): e0151624. Interested parties are asked to consult the resulting publication for further clarification of content.

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    Data record related to this publication Fish rejections from the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery from January to June 2010
    Data Publication title Fish rejections from the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery from January to June 2010
  • Description

    This dataset details fish catch and rejections for the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery between January 2010 to June 2010. The data summarises buyer records of accepted and rejected fish from fishers for the marine aquarium trade in Papua New Guinea. Reasons for rejection are also noted. This dataset underlies the findings of Militz et al. (2016) Fish Rejections in the Marine Aquarium Trade: An Initial Case Study Raises Concern for Village-Based Fisheries. PLoS ONE, 11(3): e0151624. Interested parties are asked to consult the resulting publication for further clarification of content.

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      This dataset is available as a spreadsheet in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document format (.ods)

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  • Keywords
    • fish rejections
    • mortality
    • marine aquarium fisheries
    • Papua New Guinea
    • trade statistics
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  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
    • 20177 - (James Cook University Research Activities) FIS/2010/054 Mariculture Development in New Ireland, Papua new Guinea
    • Research themes
    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
    Industries and Economies in the Tropics
    People and Societies in the Tropics
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  • Start Date 2010/01/01
  • End Date 2010/06/30
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  • Locations
    • Central Province, Papua New Guinea
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      Name Militz, Thane A., Kinch, Jeff, Foale, Simon, Southgate, Paul C. (2016) Fish rejections in the marine aquarium trade: an initial case study raises concerns for village-based fishers. PLoS ONE, 11(3): e0151624.
    • URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151624
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    The data will be licensed under CC BY: Attribution 3.0 AU
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  • Data owners
      Mr Thane Militz
      National Fisheries Authority, Papua New Guinea
- Citation
    Citation Militz, Thane (2016): Fish rejections from the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium fishery from January to June 2010. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/56BD1C26A28D6