Abstract
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From 1997 to 2008, a research programme to determine if fish assemblages in the New Zealand region could be classified into
clearly identifiable communities based on their associations with each other and with environmental features was undertaken.
The programme resulted in the creation of the Fish Communities Database, from which this dataset was extracted.
The data set includes records from 1964 to 2008. These data have been used to show geographical and depth distributions
of species from all research tows within the New Zealand EEZ since 2008.
The main source of data was the Ministry for Primary Industries research trawl database.
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Supplemental Information
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