This review compares approaches taken to monitor and mitigate Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) interactions in the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) with those taken for protected species interactions in other fisheries for small pelagic species, including Australia’s Com...
The Chowilla Floodplain is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain habitat in the lower Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). Nonetheless, it has suffered ecological degradation due to reduced magnitude, duration, and frequency of flooding as a result of river regulation, wate...
The Lower Lakes and Coorong, at the terminus of the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), are considered a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and an Icon Site under The Living Murray (TLM) Initiative. The region supports a diverse fish assemblage of ecological,...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth region is one of six icon sites under “The Living Murray” (TLM) program and is an indicator site under the “Basin Plan”. The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) Icon Site (Maunsell Australia Pty...
SA Water are proposing to build a small desalination plant (4-5.3GL per year) with the potential for expansion to 8 GL per year to supplement the existing water supply. Several plant intake and outfall sites in and around Boston Bay (Port Lincoln) are being considered. Given the ...
The restoration of biological connectivity and facilitation of fish passage between the Coorong and South East is one of the ecological objectives of the South East Flows Restoration Project (SEFRP). This included upgrades of the Salt Creek and Morella flow regulators and the con...
The Chowilla Anabranch and Floodplain system is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain habitat in the lower River Murray. Chowilla consists of a range of aquatic habitats that are now rare in the region, including permanently flowing creeks, and these habitats suppo...
This report is the fifth in the annual reporting series for South Australia’s Commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF). Data considered in this report extend for 37 years from 01 January 1984 to 31 December 2020. The report provides a description of the dynamics of the multispec...
This report is the fifth in the annual reporting series for South Australia’s Commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF). Data considered in this report extend for 37 years from 01 January 1984 to 31 December 2020. The report provides a description of the dynamics of the multispec...
Pipi (Plebidonax deltoides) support important commercial and recreational fisheries in South Australia. Pipi or “Kuti” also hold significant cultural and economic importance for the Indigenous People of the Lower River Murray, Lakes and Coorong, known as the Ngarrindjeri. Recreat...