This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 044. The data were obtained from the NSW coast between Sydney and Shoalhaven Bight, NSW, in January 1979. Acoustic surveys and trawls for pelagic fish were conducted and the species studied included Nannygai (Centroberyx affinis), three-spined cardinal-fish (Apogonops anomalus) and southern frost-fish (Lepidopus lex). Samples of crustaceans and squid were also obtained. XBT data and continuous surface temperature were also obtained. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise summary for this voyage.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).