Project: 
Project 2: Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth waters
Researcher Email Address: 
Jemina.StuartSmith@utas.edu.au
Topic: 
Marine life
Species of interest in the image: 
Yellowtail kingfish
Species Scientific Name: 
Seriola lalandi
Date: 
May, 2009
Location: 
Cod Grounds CMR
Hub Imagery ID: 
1837
Depth: 
15-30m
Platform: 
UVC
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Media Type To Be Uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
Reef Life Survey
Contact Email Address: 
rstuarts@utas.edu.au
Description: 
Still image of a Yellowtail kingfish(Seriola lalandi) taken during underwater visual census surveys in the Cod Grounds CMR in New South Wales Commonwealth Waters of Australia in 2009 as part of the Reef Life Survey program. The Reef Life Survey program (http://reeflifesurvey.com/) is a volunteer network of highly trained divers, and is a product of the CERF Major Projects funding that facilitated a cost-effective citizen science contribution to inventory and monitoring of shallow water marine environments. The RLS program has been further facilitated within the NERP Hub, describing biodiversity patterns at a national and global scale, as well as providing critical baseline data from areas such as the new Coral Sea CMR, from Ashmore Reef, the Great Barrier Reef,and other Commonwealth CMR's such as the Cod Hole and Pimpernel Rock in NSW.