This dataset describes the relative abundance of an assemblage of commercially exploited pelagic fishes around Western Australia, mapped over a 30 arc-minute (0.5 degree) spatial grid. The data cover the period 1997-2006 and are derived from an analysis of commercial landings available through the Sea Around Us Project ( http://www.seaaroundus.org/). Further details can be found in the following peer-reviewed publication: Bouchet PJ, Meeuwig JJ, Huang Z, Letessier TBL, Nichol SL, Caley MJ, Watson RA. 2017. Continental-scale hotspots of pelagic fish abundance inferred from commercial catch records. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12619

Below is a full list of species considered, with their respective contributions to the total catch (%):

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Greenback horse mackerel / Trachurus declivis -- 10.92 %

Greater amberjack / Seriola dumerili -- 0.05 %

Samson fish / Seriola hippos -- 0.01 %

Silver gemfish / Rexea solandri -- 2.80 %

Snoek / Thyrsites atun -- 1.22 %

Indo-Pacific blue marlin / Makaira mazara -- 2.87 %

Striped marlin / Tetrapturus audax -- 0.26 %

Black marlin / Makaira indica -- 0.17 %

Indo-Pacific sailfish / Istiophorus platypterus -- 0.06 %

Shortbill spearfish / Tetrapturus angustirostris -- 0.00 %

Bluefish / Pomatomus saltatrix -- 0.13 %

Southern bluefin tuna / Thunnus maccoyii -- 19.17 %

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel / Scomberomorus commerson -- 16.93 %

Skipjack tuna / Katsuwonus pelamis -- 9.82 %

Yellowfin tuna / Thunnus albacares -- 9.40 %

Bigeye tuna / Thunnus obesus -- 7.67 %

Albacore tuna / Thunnus alalunga -- 4.16 %

Longtail tuna / Thunnus tonggol -- 0.78 %

Kawakawa (mackerel tuna) / Euthynnus affinis -- 0.56 %

Wahoo / Acanthocybium solandri -- 0.01 %

Great barracuda / Sphyraena barracuda -- 0.25 %

Tope shark / Galeorhinus galeus -- 6.66 %

Swordfish / Xiphias gladius -- 6.09 %