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Database Title

7.7 Ministry of Fisheries Database: beach

Keywords
Type1.
Type 11.
New Zealand coastal; beaches; fisheries; shellfish; catch; size
Abstract

Contains data from beach surveys of selected shellfish species. Data includes information on sampling details (strata, transects, and quadrats etc), the catch number by species, and other information such as length frequency samples.

Currently the database contains data on 66 beach surveys from 1969 to 1998. The main species surveyed include toheroa, pipi, and cockles. NIWA is in the process of adding Ninety Mile Beach Toheroa data from 1969-72

Geographical Coverage New Zealand EEZ
Dataset start date. 1969
Dataset end date. Current
Status/currency. In Progress
Update frequency. Ad hoc
Maintenance. NIWA
Database size. 3182Kb