Occurrence record: Comfish_2000_2002:37444005-3215:393:4-2002

Human observation of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) | Sailfish recorded on 2002
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Dataset

Data partner Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Data resource Bureau of Rural Sciences, Commercial Fisheries Presence, Australia, 2000-2002
Institution code Supplied institution code "BRS"
Collection Supplied collection code "Comfish_2000_2002"
Catalog number 37444005-3215:393:4-2002
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRS:Comfish_2000_2002:37444005-3215:393:4-2002
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
License CC-BY-NC
Associated references Commercial catch records (aggregated by year)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation BRS Australia: National commercial fisheries half-degree data set - Species
Occurrence remarks Record indicates the presence of commercial catch records in the stated year within the stated 0.5 x 0.5 degree square. Additional information including catch weights and gross value product is available via the National Atlas of Commercial Marine Fisheries and Coastal Communities which is accessible from the BRS home page, http://www.brs.gov.au .

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 2002, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "2002"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Istiophorus platypterus
Identified to rank species
Common name Sailfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Istiophoridae
Genus Istiophorus
Species Istiophorus platypterus
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158812
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw & Nodder, 1792)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -29.75
Supplied as: "-29.75"
Longitude 153.75
Supplied as: "153.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (153.75 -29.75)

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Solitary Islands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone