CSIRO Commercial Factory Prawn Catch Sampling in the Gulf of Carpentaria - 1979 - 1991

Updated: 2004-10-27

This dataset was collected mainly to provide banana prawn length-frequency data by undertaking size sampling of commercial catches of banana prawns (P merguiensis). The aim was to calculate optimal seasonal opening dates for the commercial fishery and to provide other management advice. Length-frequency data for other prawn species was also provided.