9dce2613-e7d6-4208-bb58-48fcbb0e645e Data curator NIWA National Insititute of Water & Atmospheric Research curator@niwa.co.nz 2012-09-14T09:21:51 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Tuna (tuna) The tuna database contains groomed commercially collected tuna catch effort data from New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. Fishing methods: surface longline, troll, handline, pole and line, and trot line or Dahn line. Sampling frequency: variable. Database records started in 1980 and continue to present. Number of sites: variable. Extent of site: entire EEZ and beyond. Lat/Long provided for all data. Number of replicates: N/A. Measured variables: catch effort data including vessel name, location, catch effort, total catch weight, species caught, fishing method. Sampling protocol & QA: catch return data is required by law from all vessels within NZ EEZ. groomed data. Research Data Manager Ministry for Primary Industries +64 4 894 0100 or 0800 00 83 33 +64 4 894 0720 Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace Wellington 6011 New Zealand rdm@mpi.govt.nz ocean water column ecological MEMP To access data permission is required from rdm@mpi.govt.nz. eng oceans New Zealand 200 n.mile EEZ. 160.00 -172.00 -56.00 -26.00 1980-01-01T01:01:00 https://dc.niwa.co.nz/niwa_dc/srv/metadata/9dce2613-e7d6-4208-bb58-48fcbb0e645e WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL Point of truth URL of this metadata record http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Research+Services/Research+Database+Documentation/default.htm WWW:LINK-1.0-http--downloaddata Link to MPI website where metadata and other infromation are available.