Juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa River estuary, Viti Levu, Fiji 2012

Kelly Brown1, Ainsof So'o2

1 University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; 2 SPREP, , Samoa

Corresponding author(s): Kelly Brown (kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj)

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Resource Citation

Brown K (2018): Juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa River estuary, Viti Levu, Fiji 2012. v1.4. The University of the South Pacific - School of Marine Studies. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=uspsms_sharks_rewa_2012&v=1.4

Abstract

Juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks were sampled in the Rewa River Estuary on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. To capture the sharks, a 100 metre gillnet comprising 3-, 3.5- and 4-inch nylon monofilament mesh sizes was used. Gillnet soak times were either 1 or 2 hours, and dependent on prevailing sea and weather conditions. There was a total of fifteen deployments, beginning at 1700hrs. Life stage and sex of the individuals captured were recorded. 

This dataset is part of the results of research by a Master of Science student at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji. The research was funded in part by the SciCOFish programme of the Pacific Community, and the Faculty Research Committee of the Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) at USP. Publication of this dataset was funded by the European Union (EU). 

We are also grateful to GBIF, BID and VertNet for their support in mobilising this dataset.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

General description

Additional information: Data prepared and published under project "Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision making in the South Pacific" - BID-PA2016-0002-REG

Project details

Project title: Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision-making in the South Pacific
Personnel: Kelly Brown
Funding: Data prepared and published under project "Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision making in the South Pacific" - BID-PA2016-0002-REG

Research funding was provided in part by the SciCOFish Programme of the Pacific Community, and the Faculty Research Committee of the Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment at the University of the South Pacific (USP).

The Master of Science degree programme was funded by the USP Research Office Graduate Assistant Scholarship.

John and Dave Foundation provided technical support for data publication.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=uspsms_sharks_rewa_2012

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The Scalloped hammerhead shark is the only species reported in this dataset.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Sphyrna lewini
Common names: Scalloped hammerhead shark 

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Rewa River Estuary, island of Viti Levu, Fiji
Coordinates: 18°10'38.98''S and 18°9'0.33''S Latitude; 178°31'42.67''E and 178°33'32.67''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: February 23, 2012 - June 1, 2012

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa River estuary, Viti Levu, Fiji 2012
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.sprep.org/archive.do?r=uspsms_sharks_rewa_2012
Publication date of data: 2018-07-30
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-06-19
Hierarchy level: Dataset